newspaperwoman
noun
news·pa·per·wom·an
ˈnüz-ˌpā-pər-ˌwu̇-mən 
ˈnyüz-,
ˈn(y)üs-
: a woman who owns or is employed by a newspaper
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Sweet remained a newspaperwoman to the end.
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Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 21 Aug. 2020
Gill’s chief patron in La Jolla was the left-leaning newspaperwoman Ellen Browning Scripps.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
Wanting to be a newspaperwoman, Ms. Nasatir studied journalism at Northwestern University and the University of Texas, Austin, but did not graduate.
—New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021
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, 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, 30 May 2017
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Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 21 Aug. 2020
Gill’s chief patron in La Jolla was the left-leaning newspaperwoman Ellen Browning Scripps.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
Wanting to be a newspaperwoman, Ms. Nasatir studied journalism at Northwestern University and the University of Texas, Austin, but did not graduate.
—New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021
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, 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, 30 May 2017
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“Newspaperwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspaperwoman. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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