newsie

noun

Definition of newsienext
as in reporter

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Recent Examples of newsie Each newsie had been looking forward for days to this feast, and had so regulated his meals as to make sure of an adequate appetite when the momentous occasion arrived. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022 Karla Castillo Medina goes door to door at the migrant shelter, delivering newspapers like an old-fashioned newsie. — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2022 The cast is wild; Vincent Kartheiser plays an American war profiteer with what can only be described as a newsie-from-Newsies accent, and Lizzy Caplan plays a French resistance figure with substance use issues who ends up hooking up with Krieps. — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 22 Dec. 2020 Marco Tzunux is charismatic and likable as Jack Kelly, the dreamer/realist who unifies the newsies to strike. — Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2019 The 1910 census notes four newsies listed as black; the 1920 census mentions five. — Gwen Thompkins, The New Yorker, 8 July 2019 Her husband, Jeff Sensat, plays Joseph Pulitzer, the publisher who raises the price of newspapers to the newsies to beat his competition. — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018 Yet the kids worry their struggle is doomed unless the Brooklyn newsies join the fight. — Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 14 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsie
  1. reporter
  2. journalist
  3. correspondent
  4. newsman
  5. newsperson
  6. stringer
  7. interviewer
  8. newshound
Noun
  • And then there are other analysts and reporters, such as Mark Clattenburg, Geoff Shreeves, Alex Aljoe and Katie Shanahan.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • There seems little chance that Times reporters will be in jail cells anytime soon; judges are unlikely to order that extreme step this early in the legal process.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • As with any Olympics, the 15,000 athletes and 25,000 broadcasters and journalists will ride buses in dedicated lanes.
    — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • This summer, the Pentagon went a step further and declared that its press office was now a classified space inaccessible to journalists.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of journalist
Noun
  • Gani is a banker and freelance journalist who is a correspondent for the X page ARG Soccer News, which has been responsible for posting videos capturing the mood in Bangladesh during this World Cup, such as the one below.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • As far as the production approach to Sunday, Telemundo anticipates having its biggest canvas yet, with correspondents delivering reports and setting the scene from Spain and Argentina.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 18 July 2026
Definition of correspondent
Noun
  • Candidates like actress Mayim Bialik, newsman Anderson Cooper, and Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
  • Nelson wrote that the retiring newsman was a hobbyless man, which Cotliar-Zweifach said was a fair statement.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of newsman
Noun
  • This is an office only a newsperson could love.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The iconic newsperson died Friday evening her representative Cindi Berger tells PEOPLE.
    — Stephen M. Silverman, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
Definition of newsperson
Noun
  • In Indonesia, a stringer walks through a village, or at least what was once a village before the mud flowed down from a forest and swept the village along with it.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • It’s also made Boston’s defense more susceptible, as Vucevic and third-stringer Luka Garza both are downgrades at that end.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of stringer
Noun
  • The interviewer went on to ask Trump her opinion about the UFC 250 event that took place on the White House grounds on Sunday, June, 14.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 16 July 2026
  • Finally, the paper acknowledges that the study’s interviewer was not blind to the C9 status of its participants and went in with a specific hypothesis—circumstances that risk bias.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of interviewer
Noun
  • All the while, the newshound indulged in her secret pleasure of writing poetry in her off time as an outlet for her homesickness and stress relief.
    — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Viewers, newshounds, and political pundits aren’t immune to the utopian vision of The West Wing, where the corridors of power are filled with whip-smart strategists and bright-eyed idealists who put country first.
    — Jason Bailey, TIME, 24 July 2024
Definition of newshound

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“Newsie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsie. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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