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
Tony Dokoupil wants to be a newsman for the average American.
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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
The veteran newsman could very well have a career on his pal Andy Cohen’s Bravo network.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
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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
The veteran newsman could very well have a career on his pal Andy Cohen’s Bravo network.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsman
Noun
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Jackson Thompson is a sports reporter for Fox News Digital covering critical political and cultural issues in sports, with an investigative lens.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The attack threw into chaos one of Washington’s premier social events, which every year attracts some of the country’s most powerful people and the journalists who cover them.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Independent journalist Francys Romero first reported the decision to bring up Domínguez.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Two correspondents sent Lemisch the identical sanitary disposal bags, printed with the Liberty Bell, that had suddenly appeared in the women’s bathroom in their campus library.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The Manhattan apartment of CBS News special correspondent Anthony Mason could serve as an annex to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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“Newsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsman. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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