news desk
noun
: the office where news is gathered to be reported in a newspaper, on television, etc.
Examples of news desk in a Sentence
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Thanks to the breaking news desk’s Brianna Bernath for keeping up on these.
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Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 19 Nov. 2025
Dickerson and his colleague Maurice Dubois have anchored the CBS Evening News since January when Norah O’Donnell stepped away from the nightly news desk.
—Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Elsewhere in the episode, Melvin — who took over Hoda Kotb’s news desk seat in January after Kotb made the decision to leave Today to spend more time with her daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 6 — opened up about his most memorable times in his career.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The Parks and Recreation actress served on the faux news desk from 2004 to 2008, co-anchoring first with Tina Fey and later Seth Meyers.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Oct. 2025
Michael Loria is a national reporter on the USA TODAY breaking news desk.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Tropical Storm Erin: The first major storm of the season, Erin, is expected to be at hurricane-strength by Saturday when projections have Erin arriving as a Category 3 hurricane around the northeast of Puerto Rico, as reported by Forbes’ breaking news desk.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
News coverage, starting with correspondent Joan Rivers’ outrageous taunts and then shifting to a far more reverent tone from 2006 to 2021, when Ryan Seacrest joined Rancic for live news desk and awards show coverage.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2025
The 46-year-old journalist took over Hoda Kotb’s news desk seat in January after Kotb made the decision to leave the Today show in favor of getting in more time with her daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 6.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 11 June 2025
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Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 19 Nov. 2025
Dickerson and his colleague Maurice Dubois have anchored the CBS Evening News since January when Norah O’Donnell stepped away from the nightly news desk.
—Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Elsewhere in the episode, Melvin — who took over Hoda Kotb’s news desk seat in January after Kotb made the decision to leave Today to spend more time with her daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 6 — opened up about his most memorable times in his career.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The Parks and Recreation actress served on the faux news desk from 2004 to 2008, co-anchoring first with Tina Fey and later Seth Meyers.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Oct. 2025
Michael Loria is a national reporter on the USA TODAY breaking news desk.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Tropical Storm Erin: The first major storm of the season, Erin, is expected to be at hurricane-strength by Saturday when projections have Erin arriving as a Category 3 hurricane around the northeast of Puerto Rico, as reported by Forbes’ breaking news desk.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
News coverage, starting with correspondent Joan Rivers’ outrageous taunts and then shifting to a far more reverent tone from 2006 to 2021, when Ryan Seacrest joined Rancic for live news desk and awards show coverage.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2025
The 46-year-old journalist took over Hoda Kotb’s news desk seat in January after Kotb made the decision to leave the Today show in favor of getting in more time with her daughters Haley, 8, and Hope, 6.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 11 June 2025
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