as in reporter
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news
any newsman will tell you that if you talk to enough people, you'll eventually get a money quote
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Recent Examples of newsman
Attempts by newsmen to get word from the Complex 34 blockhouse proved fruitless as pad personnel declined to supply information or page public information officials.
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Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
Tony Dokoupil wants to be a newsman for the average American.
—Laura Wagner, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2026
The disarmingly handsome comic adopted the delivery of a smarmy newsman and deadpanned a joke about the hatching of a baby sandpiper, a triumph for the zoo where it was born, until the bird was stomped to death by a baby hippo born a day earlier.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
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
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Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
Tony Dokoupil wants to be a newsman for the average American.
—Laura Wagner, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2026
The disarmingly handsome comic adopted the delivery of a smarmy newsman and deadpanned a joke about the hatching of a baby sandpiper, a triumph for the zoo where it was born, until the bird was stomped to death by a baby hippo born a day earlier.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsman
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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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Paris Barraza is a reporter covering Los Angeles and Southern California for the USA TODAY Network.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The hundred or so journalists parked not far from the Port of Granadilla have watched a steady and carefully coordinated ballet as the boat transports five passengers at a time to the port that has finally agreed to take them in.—
Melissa Bell,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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American journalists were also imprisoned, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
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Prosecutors have accused Allen, 31, of sprinting through a security checkpoint one floor above the correspondents' dinner while armed with a handgun, a shotgun and several knives.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, a national correspondent for USA TODAY, writes about violent weather, climate change and other news.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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“Newsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsman. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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