newsperson
newsperson
nounDefinition of NEWSPERSON
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news <the host of that morning show prefers to think of himself as a newsperson and not as an entertainer>
Synonyms correspondent, intelligencer, journalist, newshound, newsman, newsperson, pressman [British]
Related Words announcer, broadcaster, newscaster, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswoman; anchor, anchorman, anchorperson, anchorwoman; byliner, columnist, commentator; copyreader, editor; muckraker, photojournalist, police reporter, sportswriter, staffer, stringer
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