city room
Americannoun
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the room in which local news is handled for a newspaper, a radio or television station, or for another journalistic agency.
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the editorial staff of this room.
Etymology
Origin of city room
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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We made our way back down to the third-floor corner that was once the newspaper’s metropolitan section, the city room.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2010
Before that, he said, he had been a copy boy in the city room on the third floor.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2010
He subsequently worked for The Detroit News, first in its Lansing bureau, then in the city room and finally the Washington bureau.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2010
As a result of such discipline, a new breed of sportswriters has arisen over the last two decades to take their rightful place alongside the news reporters across the city room.
From Time Magazine Archive
We were both still building in the city room.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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