newshawk

American

[nooz-hawk, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌhɔk, ˈnjuz- /

noun

Informal.

a newspaper reporter, especially one who is energetic and aggressive.

newshawk British

/ ˈnjuːzˌhɔːk /

noun

Also called: newshound. informal a newspaper reporter

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Etymology

Origin of newshawk

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; news + hawk ¹

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As they emerged a newshawk approached spluttering Freshman No. 1, asked why he was there.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a newshawk reminded him that Mr. Sloan had offered to go to Washing ton if the President himself requested it, Franklin Roosevelt snapped: "A representative of the President did ask him to come down."

From Time Magazine Archive

Awed by such candid fury, a newshawk inquired : "Does the President know you're giving General Motors hell like this?"

From Time Magazine Archive

But there is at least one newshawk among the chickens.

From Time Magazine Archive

If I were a physicist, he told himself, if I were a physicist instead of a newshawk, I could get a computer to tell me the probability ratio of whether I hold an answer.

From Prologue to an Analogue by Leigh Richmond

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