Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who gathers, reports, or edits news.
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- noun A female
reporter ornewsreader .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a female newsperson
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Examples
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As suspicion against Britt Shelley mounts, Raley realizes that the newswoman might be his only chance to get personal vindication - and justice for the seven victims of the police station fire.
Fulldls.com 2008
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Kandace Karllsen, a "real, expressive" newswoman "with heart" who talks with her hands because it "drives the point home" and is fixated on "proper a-NUN-see-ay-SHUN!"
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I’m not really all that interested in how she did as a "newswoman" — anyone who kisses up to Tim Russert that much will do just fine on morning news — and far more interested in whether I’ll be able to eat my cereal without throwing it at the screen; so far, it looks like breakfast is safe.
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The newswoman asked why Ms. Kennedy had a “rocky rollout.”
Live Blog: The Inauguration of Barack Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mark Whitaker greeted the crowd to say how passionate she is, emphasizing her long hours, not just charismatic but committed, a real hardworking newswoman.
Regina Weinreich: Erin Burnett Anchors Out Front Regina Weinreich 2011
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"Hereafter," scripted by British writer Peter Morgan ( "The Queen," "Frost/Nixon") dwells on the experiences of three characters: a French newswoman (Cecile de France) who survives a tsunami, a West Coast psychic (Matt Damon) in crisis, and an English boy who has lost his twin brother.
The Best of the Rest Greater New York Staff 2010
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Earlier this year, veteran newswoman Barbara Walters counted her 2000 interview with Martin the only chat of her entire career that she reflects on with regret.
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The newswoman asked why Ms. Kennedy had a “rocky rollout.”
Live Blog: The Inauguration of Barack Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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But she's a newswoman, and what happened to her in Tahir Square was news.
CBS shouldn't have withheld Lara Logan's story Richard Cohen 2011
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The journalist/foreign-policy scholar let loose on Twitter on Tuesday evening with a burst of cynicism upon the news of CBS newswoman Lara Logan's brutal assault in Cairo: Lara Logan had to outdo Anderson Cooper . . . at a moment when she is going to become a martyr and glorified we should at least remember her role as a major war monger. . .
What was Nir Rosen thinking? Scholar apologizes, explains Lara Logan critique on Twitter, "no place for nuance" The Reliable Source 2011
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