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newsmen

noun

plural of newsman

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 Fifty years ago audiences were riveted by that thriller that focused on two relentless newsmen, played by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, who were digging into the seedy mysteries of the Watergate scandal. — Peter Bart, Deadline, 7 May 2026 Persons thus satirized included presidents Reagan, Carter, Ford and Nixon, as well as newsmen Dan Rather and Ted Koppel. — Carmel Dagan, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026 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. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026 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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The following day, anonymous government officials confirmed to reporters that the raid was part of an investigation into potential immigration fraud.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
The third-year head coach told reporters via Zoom that the decision did not stem from one issue, or from the performance of the defense from Thursday night’s 27-19 loss to the Green Bay Packers.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of reporters

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Six of its journalists were killed, including Anna Politkovskaya, who reported on atrocities during the second Chechen War at the start of Putin’s first term as Russian president.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
The airport was off limits to journalists, and no manifest for the flights has been provided.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of journalists

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Illustration by Jeffrey Smith On June 4, 1952, Ernest Hemingway stood at his typewriter at Finca Vigía, his home outside Havana, and wrote to one of his favorite correspondents, Harvey Breit, of the Times Book Review.

— Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Trevor Noah took over the role before leaving in 2022, and anchoring duties were divvied up between a rotating cast of correspondents for just under a year in 2023.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026

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