newspaperwoman

noun news·pa·per·wom·an \ ˈnüz-ˌpā-pər-ˌwu̇-mən , ˈnyüz- , ˈn(y)üs- \

|Updated on: 20 May 2018

Definition of newspaperwoman

: a woman who owns or is employed by a newspaper

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Recent Examples of newspaperwoman from the Web

Mabel Norris Reese was the newspaperwoman fighting for Jesse Daniels, a white, mentally impaired 19-year-old wrongly accused of raping a socialite in 1957.

— hal boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, "'Beneath a Ruthless Sun': Fearless women, bizarre injustice," 8 May 2018
As for all that’s going wrong, Tillie (Lauren Marissa Smith), the local Cadillac-driving newspaperwoman, may be involved.

— anita gates, New York Times, "Review: ‘On Strivers Row,’ Where Snobbery Knows No Boundaries," 30 May 2017

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