newshounds

plural of newshound
as in reporters
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news a newshound of the old school, he was highly skeptical of the claim that the firings weren't politically motivated

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Noun
  • The referendum campaign has fueled debate about Iceland’s place in the world, Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir told reporters after casting her ballot in ​the capital on Saturday.
    Reuters, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Khmara made the remarks at his first briefing with reporters since taking the post on Saturday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Released in 2025, the first part of Julia Loktev’s monumental documentary project My Undesirable Friends, subtitled Last Air in Moscow, gave us a sprawling, breathless look at a few devastating months in the lives of Russian journalists.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Associated Press journalists waiting at a checkpoint south of the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon saw a convoy of ICRC vehicles heading toward the Naqoura border crossing Friday morning and later return.
    Fadi Tawil, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Storm tracker Doyle Rice and Dinah Voyles Pulver are national correspondents for USA TODAY, with a focus on weather and climate.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The regime’s charges that Iran International functions as a tool of its rivals may be legitimate, but that doesn’t justify eliminating its correspondents abroad.
    Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
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“Newshounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newshounds. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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