: a person who gathers, reports, or comments on the news : reporter, correspondent
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any newsman will tell you that if you talk to enough people, you'll eventually get a money quote
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American actors John Magaro and Peter Sarsgaard play the ABC sports newsmen who forever changed live news coverage during the Israeli hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Olympic games.
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Coming out on October 8, the third read in newsman Wallace’s Countdown franchise, 1960 goes deep into the first presidential campaign of the modern era with its game changing debate, primaries, candidates, potential vote challenge and some secret honor.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Many familiar newsmen were pushed out of their jobs and disgraced for behaving badly — Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Mark Halperin, Bill O’Reilly, Roger Ailes and so on.
—Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
The veteran newsman rushed into a flood as deep as his chest and pulled Madut from her white sedan – and onto his own back.
—Michelle Krupa, Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Coming out on October 8, the third read in newsman Wallace’s Countdown franchise, 1960 goes deep into the first presidential campaign of the modern era with its game changing debate, primaries, candidates, potential vote challenge and some secret honor.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Many familiar newsmen were pushed out of their jobs and disgraced for behaving badly — Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Mark Halperin, Bill O’Reilly, Roger Ailes and so on.
—Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
The veteran newsman rushed into a flood as deep as his chest and pulled Madut from her white sedan – and onto his own back.
—Michelle Krupa, Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Newsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsman. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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newsman
noun
news·man
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: one who gathers or reports the news : reporter, correspondent
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