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newsman

noun

ˈnüz-mən

Definition of newsman

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 One prominent newsman shared a snuff box with the vice president on the Senate floor. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 May 2026 David Ross, considered There’s David Ross, who, after a decade as a newsman became a public defender. — The Editorial Board, Daily News, 19 May 2026 Veteran newsman Don Lemon won a 2026 Webby Award for The Don Lemon Show and my interview with him was so gripping about the responsibility of journalism that the whole thing needs to be read. — Joshua Dudley, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for newsman

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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

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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

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