newsroom

noun

news·​room ˈnüz-ˌrüm How to pronounce newsroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
ˈnyüz-
1
: a place (such as an office) where news is prepared for publication or broadcast
2

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After a couple of weeks away from the newsroom, markets seem trapped in a holding pattern. Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 Small newsrooms and NGOs often can’t gather this data at scale. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Huffington spent a grueling 11 years building Huffington Post into one of the biggest names in digital media, growing its newsroom to more than 850 journalists and becoming the first digital-native outlet to win a Pulitzer Prize. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 Grady Amick is a high school senior from Louisville and a writer for KSVT’s student-run newsroom, New Edu. Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for newsroom

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of newsroom was in 1862

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“Newsroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsroom. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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