city desk
a newspaper department responsible for editing local news.
Also City desk .British. the department of a newspaper handling financial news.
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How to use city desk in a sentence
He previously served as Justice Department reporter for The Wall Street Journal and as a city desk reporter at the Baltimore Sun.
He previously served as Justice Department reporter for the Wall Street Journal and as a city desk reporter at the Baltimore Sun.
The reporter presents himself at the city desk, tells what he has got, and is told by the city editor, “Write a stickful.”
When Winter Comes to Main Street | Grant Martin OvertonHe immediately left the zone of the city desk for a telephone booth.
The Million Dollar Mystery | Harold MacGrathIt then takes up sources of news, methods of getting stories, and the preparation of copy for the city desk.
News Writing | M. Lyle Spencer
Then he rose and distributed the pieces in the several yawning waste baskets which strewed the aisle leading to the city desk.
The Million Dollar Mystery | Harold MacGrathShe jumped as the receiver was taken down and a voice barked: “city desk.”
Danger at the Drawbridge | Mildred A. Wirt
British Dictionary definitions for city desk
British the department of a newspaper office dealing with financial and commercial news
US and Canadian the department of a newspaper office dealing with local news
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