city room

noun

the room in which local news is handled for a newspaper, a radio or television station, or for another journalistic agency.
the editorial staff of this room.

Origin of city room

First recorded in 1915–20

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He kept a Bible on his desk in the city room of The New York Times, and wrote like an angel.
The Deaths You Missed This Year | Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson | December 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
For more than six years we held down adjoining desks in the city room of a New York evening newspaper.
The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. Cobb
He glanced about the cluttered city room, now suddenly grown large and empty.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. Cobb
What I want is for you to get your staff together in the city room, say about five o'clock, for fifteen minutes.
Thirty | Howard Vincent O'Brien
Bassett led the way to the city room, and with a clap of his hands achieved silence.
Thirty | Howard Vincent O'Brien

They told me you left word for me in the city room, to see you when I came in again.
The Clarion | Samuel Hopkins Adams

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