Publicist

Origin

From French publiciste.

Full definition of publicist

Noun

1. A person whose job is to publicize information or events; a publicity agent; a public relations agent or worker
2. A journalist, often a commentator, who focusses on politics
3. (Rare/obsolescent) A scholar of public law, especially public international law, and, sometimes, a scholar of politics.http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/publiciste