Thesaurus results for NEWSIE

newsie

noun

Definition of newsie

as in reporter

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Recent Examples of newsie Each newsie had been looking forward for days to this feast, and had so regulated his meals as to make sure of an adequate appetite when the momentous occasion arrived. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022 Karla Castillo Medina goes door to door at the migrant shelter, delivering newspapers like an old-fashioned newsie. — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2022 The cast is wild; Vincent Kartheiser plays an American war profiteer with what can only be described as a newsie-from-Newsies accent, and Lizzy Caplan plays a French resistance figure with substance use issues who ends up hooking up with Krieps. — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 22 Dec. 2020 Marco Tzunux is charismatic and likable as Jack Kelly, the dreamer/realist who unifies the newsies to strike. — Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2019 The newsie, in a matter of seconds, gives a star turn, maybe his first, without ever picking up a horn. — Gwen Thompkins, The New Yorker, 8 July 2019 The 1910 census notes four newsies listed as black; the 1920 census mentions five. — Gwen Thompkins, The New Yorker, 8 July 2019 Her husband, Jeff Sensat, plays Joseph Pulitzer, the publisher who raises the price of newspapers to the newsies to beat his competition. — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018 Yet the kids worry their struggle is doomed unless the Brooklyn newsies join the fight. — Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 14 May 2018

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Noun

The Athletic, which eliminated its Sox beat writer position a few years ago, had three reporters at Game 3.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Local sports reporter Eric Bailey shared a video from the concert.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of reporter

Noun

Both candidates wove personal attacks and affordability points into questions that a panel of journalists from across the state asked on a variety of topics.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
Breaking through this boredom — especially when hosting influencers and journalists who have so often been there and done that — is perhaps easier said than done.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of journalist

Noun

There was Sylvester Stallone, DJ Khaled, and Ashley Graham as well as VF special correspondent Derek Blasberg and OpenAI’s vice president of partnerships Charles Porch.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
As a determined floor correspondent at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, he was knocked down on camera by security guards while trying to interview a Georgia delegate whom the guards were removing from the convention floor.

— Walter Podrazik, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of correspondent

Noun

Once, when his unit came under heavy fire, a soldier running for cover caught a glimpse of Salinger hunched under a table, clacking away like a frenzied newsman on deadline.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Candidates like actress Mayim Bialik, newsman Anderson Cooper, and Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

Definition of newsman

Noun

Washington was already without starter Jayden Daniels, who had been ruled out Friday because of an elbow injury, so third-stringer Athan Kaliakmanis was called into action.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
However, Bagent is expected to serve as the backup to third-stringer Case Keenum, who will start, according to multiple reports.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of stringer

Noun

All the while, the newshound indulged in her secret pleasure of writing poetry in her off time as an outlet for her homesickness and stress relief.

— Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Viewers, newshounds, and political pundits aren’t immune to the utopian vision of The West Wing, where the corridors of power are filled with whip-smart strategists and bright-eyed idealists who put country first.

— Jason Bailey, TIME, 24 July 2024

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