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
The veteran newsman could very well have a career on his pal Andy Cohen’s Bravo network.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
Past residents have included actress and socialite Kitty Carlisle Hart, Truman Capote swan Slim Keith, newsman Mike Wallace, and, more recently, former CNN president Jeffrey Zucker.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
Bartleby, to be sure, often works at home as do most newsmen.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
By the time the cameras stopped clicking and the newsmen flew home, Kentucky had been humiliated in the national press, the onlooker’s violence both disputed and affirmed in accounts of this day.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
Past residents have included actress and socialite Kitty Carlisle Hart, Truman Capote swan Slim Keith, newsman Mike Wallace, and, more recently, former CNN president Jeffrey Zucker.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
Bartleby, to be sure, often works at home as do most newsmen.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
By the time the cameras stopped clicking and the newsmen flew home, Kentucky had been humiliated in the national press, the onlooker’s violence both disputed and affirmed in accounts of this day.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsman
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While speaking to reporters later Wednesday, Powell was asked if the Fed had responded to the subpoenas.—
Dan Mangan,Eamon Javers,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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Indianapolis weather radar Karl Schneider is an IndyStar environment reporter.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
28 Jan. 2026
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Strandjord pointed to mounting cases in which US citizens have been detained while protesting or exercising First Amendment rights, including the rights of journalists.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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In an email to Semafor, New York Post Media Group Editor-in-Chief Keith Poole argued that Newsom simply isn’t used to receiving the kind of scrutiny that the Post brings to the targets of its coverage, and said that many California readers were already cheering on the paper’s journalists.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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On the international desk, some editors have told correspondents not to accept some assignments that would take them to dangerous spots abroad after Sunday, according to three Post journalists with direct knowledge of events.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
30 Jan. 2026
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Efrat Lachter is an investigative reporter and war correspondent.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Newsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsman. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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