as in reporters
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 newsmen
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
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
Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsmen
Noun
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Nanos told reporters that everyone who has recently been in contact with Nancy is a suspect.—
Michael Sinkewicz , Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles Times reporters do not participate in voting for awards.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Many ex-Apple Daily journalists have since left Hong Kong.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Within a year, some of Apple Daily's senior journalists also were arrested and the newspaper shut down in June 2021.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One of our correspondents spotted what appeared to be pouches of the children’s fruit snack on the bench.—
The Sports Desk,
NBC news,
7 Feb. 2026
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His scientific correspondents within the DOJ files mentioned meetings with science-minded outlets ranging from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to the Atlantic.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Newsmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsmen. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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