: 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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Larger than life does not do him justice; Arnett was a newsman’s newsman, full of tales of derring-do in Vietnam and many other wars around the globe.
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Peter Bergen, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
The newsman is all in, talking the talk and walking the walk so that every Melvin Made candle is up to par.
—Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
The veteran newsman could very well have a career on his pal Andy Cohen’s Bravo network.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
Past residents have included actress and socialite Kitty Carlisle Hart, Truman Capote swan Slim Keith, newsman Mike Wallace, and, more recently, former CNN president Jeffrey Zucker.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
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Peter Bergen, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
The newsman is all in, talking the talk and walking the walk so that every Melvin Made candle is up to par.
—Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
The veteran newsman could very well have a career on his pal Andy Cohen’s Bravo network.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
Past residents have included actress and socialite Kitty Carlisle Hart, Truman Capote swan Slim Keith, newsman Mike Wallace, and, more recently, former CNN president Jeffrey Zucker.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Newsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsman. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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newsman
noun
news·man
-mən 
-ˌman
: one who gathers or reports the news : reporter, correspondent
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