这位记者是个耐心的信息收集者，从各种零碎的谈话中整理出了真相。

The journalist was a patient ___gleaner, piecing together the truth from fragmented conversations.

拾穗者们每天清晨到田里收集收割后剩下的谷物。

The ___gleaners go to the fields every morning to collect leftover grains after the harvest.