: a person who gathers, reports, or comments on the news : reporter, correspondent
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any newsman will tell you that if you talk to enough people, you'll eventually get a money quote
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Fifty years ago audiences were riveted by that thriller that focused on two relentless newsmen, played by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, who were digging into the seedy mysteries of the Watergate scandal.
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Persons thus satirized included presidents Reagan, Carter, Ford and Nixon, as well as newsmen Dan Rather and Ted Koppel.
—Carmel Dagan, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
Amy Madigan, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Sunday night, is the daughter of a newsman who helped shape CBS Chicago in the 1960s.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Longtime newsman Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time on March 6, 1981, from the CBS Evening News.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Persons thus satirized included presidents Reagan, Carter, Ford and Nixon, as well as newsmen Dan Rather and Ted Koppel.
—Carmel Dagan, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
Amy Madigan, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Sunday night, is the daughter of a newsman who helped shape CBS Chicago in the 1960s.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
Longtime newsman Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time on March 6, 1981, from the CBS Evening News.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Newsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsman. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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newsman
noun
news·man
-mən 
-ˌman
: one who gathers or reports the news : reporter, correspondent
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