Definition of newshound
:an aggressive journalist
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a newshound of the old school, he was highly skeptical of the claim that the firings weren't politically motivated
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And in addition to his steadfast newshound reporting, Wojnarowski will have a front-facing role in the World Wide Leader's TV coverage of the NBA.
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But as any newshound knows, media outfits have changed enormously in the past half-century, with some adopting innovative — and more obviously commercial — tactics for charging customers for information.
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First Known Use of newshound
1918
newshound Synonyms
Synonyms
correspondent, intelligencer, journalist, reporter, 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, stringerLearn More about newshound
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