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
In the film, David Strathairn plays CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
The piece thankfully stops short of being a hagiography of Murrow: the point is made that by stepping so far out into partisan waters as distinct from just reporting the news, the great newsman opened the door to partisan attacks on a clearly partisan media.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
But that doesn’t feel as much for Clooney as for Murrow and the values for which the newsman stood, writes Tribune theater critic Chris Jones.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
The piece thankfully stops short of being a hagiography of Murrow: the point is made therein that by stepping so far out into partisan waters as distinct from just reporting the news, the great newsman opened the door to partisan attacks on a clearly partisan media.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
The piece thankfully stops short of being a hagiography of Murrow: the point is made that by stepping so far out into partisan waters as distinct from just reporting the news, the great newsman opened the door to partisan attacks on a clearly partisan media.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
But that doesn’t feel as much for Clooney as for Murrow and the values for which the newsman stood, writes Tribune theater critic Chris Jones.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
The piece thankfully stops short of being a hagiography of Murrow: the point is made therein that by stepping so far out into partisan waters as distinct from just reporting the news, the great newsman opened the door to partisan attacks on a clearly partisan media.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsman
Noun
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Other congressional reporters arriving at Capitol Hill today passed these exhausted Senate reporters on their way out.—
Mackenzie Thomas,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
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The three courses finished on Dec. 9, according to the online course catalog. Reached on his cellphone Friday, Snyder declined to comment and directed an Idaho Statesman reporter to the university.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Those are all questions that journalists at NPR, and elsewhere, have relied on anonymous sources — people who do not want their names used in a story — to try to answer.—
Meghan Ashford-Grooms,
NPR,
29 June 2025
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Furthermore, there is a sustained effort to undermine the freedom of the press by targeting journalists, suing media outlets, pulling funding and even politicizing the White House press pool.—
Michael Pfleger,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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Jack Royston is chief royal correspondent for Newsweek, based in London.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Associated Press Pentagon correspondent Tara Copp asked Hegseth during a June 26 briefing.—
Becket Adams,
National Review,
29 June 2025
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“Newsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsman. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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