newspaperman

noun

Definition of newspapermannext
as in journalist

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Recent Examples of newspaperman In 1975, a highly skilled newspaperman, Roy Ockert, holding a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma, became editor of what was by then called the Batesville Daily Guard and served for 13 years, building a computerized newsroom for the paper. — arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024 George Harris Trevathan, the new editor of the Guard, became one of the leading newspapermen in the state. — arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024 Gervais plays Tony, a newspaperman who's sunk into miserable misanthropy after losing his wife, Lisa (Kerry Godliman), to cancer. — Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024 These were his qualities as a newspaperman, magazine feature writer and monthly columnist. — Christian Lorentzen, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for newspaperman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newspaperman
  1. journalist
  2. newspaperwoman
  3. reporter
  4. newsman
  5. newswoman
  6. announcer
  7. correspondent
  8. pressman
Noun
  • To honor the momentous occasion, a group of journalists, television hosts, and influencers (including Ayo Edebiri, Juliette Lewis, and Murray Bartlett) are invited to join Moretti at his remote southwest compound to get an exclusive first listen.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of journalist
Noun
  • Sweet remained a newspaperwoman to the end.
    — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Gill’s chief patron in La Jolla was the left-leaning newspaperwoman Ellen Browning Scripps.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
Definition of newspaperwoman
Noun
  • The Sacramento Bee 916-321-1755 Marcus D. Smith is The Sacramento Bee’s Elk Grove reporter.
    — Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The network’s team of reporters, editors and managers working on behalf of America to speak directly to the people of the world in English and in their own languages may never return to the air.
    — Al Pessin, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • The ensuing chaos, with birds plummeting from the sky was breathlessly reported, a la the Hindenburg disaster, by intrepid newsman Les Nessman, played by Richard Sanders.
    — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Dennis Richmond, a beloved Bay Area newsman and trailblazing Black journalist, died Wednesday, his former news channel, KTVU announced.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
Definition of newsman
Noun
  • Since its debut, The Morning Show has become the template for TV news liberalism, with Aniston, Witherspoon, and other female cast members acting as models for the behavior of the nation’s TV newswomen.
    — Armond White, National Review, 20 Sep. 2024
  • What followed was a series of tense and emotional confrontations between the no-nonsense newswoman, 48, and her staff of mostly younger journalists, who pleaded for Evans and her board to explore other options.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
Definition of newswoman
Noun
  • According to fans at the show, an announcer told the crowd that the unplanned pause was due to an electrical fire and said Journey would continue the show, ABC 13 Houston reported.
    — Bailey Richards, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Roaring fans drowned out the Pauley Pavilion public-address announcer.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of announcer
Noun
  • Only weeks ago, Azerbaijan suspended the operations of the BBC and pulled the accreditation of correspondents from Voice of America and other international outlets.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • George Clooney stars as a handsome war correspondent who comes to cover the Potsdam negotiations, Tobey Maguire plays the sociopathic soldier whose death sparks the plot, and Cate Blanchett plays the Jewish prostitute who both men love in their own unhelpful ways.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of correspondent
Noun
  • But his father, Eugene, a pressman for the local paper, abandoned the family when Hackman was 13.
    — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Alden Hackman was born Jan. 30, 1930, in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of pressman

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