newspaperman

[ nooz-pey-per-man, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos- ]

/ ˈnuzˌpeɪ pərˌmæn, ˈnyuz-, ˈnus-, ˈnyus- /

a person employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.

the owner or operator of a newspaper or news service.

Origin of newspaperman

First recorded in 1800–10; newspaper + -man

See -man.

Shrake was a newspaperman, a magazine writer, screenwriter, and a fine novelist.

‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s Texas |Edwin Shrake |February 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I was a newspaperman, just returned from the Middle East—a bit unsteady, still, in America.

The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis |Richard Ben Cramer |January 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The widow of a wealthy Pittsburgh newspaperman, she was now active in Pennsylvania suffrage organizations.

Susan B. Anthony |Alma Lutz
It was apparent to Trent that he was debating continuing the subject with a newspaperman.

The Monster |S. M. Tenneshaw

The newspaperman lay across the table, his head asleep on his arm.

Gargoyles |Ben Hecht
Well, this was certainly interesting to me as a newspaperman.

Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
But we did not suppose it possible to catch an American newspaperman with such a bare hook as that.

Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2) |B. H. Roberts

newspaperman

/ (ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəˌmæn) /

a man who works for a newspaper as a reporter or editor

the male owner or proprietor of a newspaper

a man who sells newspapers in the street