Ĵurnalisto skribas pri la ambasado.

The suffix -ist- means a person who works in, practices, or is associated with something.

So:

• ĵurnalo = a journal, newspaper
• ĵurnalisto = a journalist

The final -o is the normal noun ending. So ĵurnalisto is built as:

ĵurnal- + -ist- + -o

The letter ĵ is pronounced like the sound in English measure or the s in vision.

So ĵurnalisto sounds roughly like:

zhur-na-LIS-to

A few helpful points:

• ĵ = zh
• stress in Esperanto is always on the second-to-last syllable
• so the stress is on lis

In Esperanto, -as marks the present tense.

So:

• skribas = writes / is writing
• skribis = wrote
• skribos = will write
• skribi = to write

Also, Esperanto verbs do not change according to the subject. So:

• mi skribas = I write
• li skribas = he writes
• ili skribas = they write

The verb form stays the same.

Esperanto has no indefinite article. English uses a/an, but Esperanto does not.

So:

• ĵurnalisto can mean a journalist
• la ĵurnalisto means the journalist

That is why the sentence can begin simply with Ĵurnalisto.

La is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• ambasado = an embassy / embassy in general
• la ambasado = the embassy

Using la shows that the embassy is specific or already known from context.

Also, la never changes form. It stays la no matter the noun’s gender, number, or case.

Pri means about, concerning, or regarding.

So skribas pri la ambasado means writes about the embassy.

This is important because with skribi, the thing you physically write can be a direct object, but the topic is often introduced by pri.

For example:

• Li skribas artikolon. = He is writing an article.
• Li skribas pri politiko. = He is writing about politics.

In your sentence, la ambasado is the topic of the writing, not the thing being written.

Because it is the object of the preposition pri.

In Esperanto, nouns usually do not take -n after a preposition. The preposition already shows the relationship.

So:

• pri la ambasado = about the embassy

The accusative -n is mainly used for:

• direct objects
• motion toward something in some cases

Here, la ambasado is not a direct object of skribas. It is part of the prepositional phrase pri la ambasado.

Yes, Esperanto word order is somewhat flexible, but the normal, neutral order is:

subject + verb + other information

So:

Ĵurnalisto skribas pri la ambasado.

is the most straightforward version.

You could move parts around for emphasis, for example:

Pri la ambasado skribas ĵurnalisto.

But that sounds more marked or literary, like About the embassy, a journalist is writing. For ordinary usage, the original order is best.

By default, ĵurnalisto is gender-neutral. It simply means journalist.

If you want to specify a woman, you can say:

• ĵurnalistino = female journalist

If you want to specify a man, you can say:

• virĵurnalisto = male journalist

But in many situations, plain ĵurnalisto is enough.

In this word, ambasad- is treated as the root. So ambasado is just the normal noun form of that root, meaning embassy.

This is a useful thing to know because sometimes a word may look as if it contains a familiar suffix, but historically it is really just a borrowed root.

So here, you should learn:

• ambasado = embassy

and not analyze it as something + -ad- + -o in normal everyday use.

Yes. The Esperanto present tense often covers both meanings.

So skribas can mean:

• writes
• is writing

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is normal in Esperanto. If the context does not force one interpretation, the simple present can be understood either way.