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newshawk

American  
[nooz-hawk, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌhɔk, ˈnyuz- /

noun

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


newshawk British  
/ ˈnjuːzˌhɔːk /

noun

  1. Also called: newshoundinformal a newspaper reporter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of newshawk

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

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His other stiff competition: David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Steve Carell as the plutocrat and wrestling fancier John DuPont in Foxcatcher and — the only fictional character in this quintet — Jake Gyllenhaal as the conniving newshawk in Nightcrawler.

From Time

While we wait for Newshawk, the juvenile red-tailed hawk who crashing into the glass-walled atrium at New York Times headquarters a few weeks ago, to continue his recovery, we thought we’d share with you these drawings.

From New York Times

Newshawk’s caretakers on Long Island tell us he continues to improve and is expected to make a full recovery.

From New York Times

Story of the $25,000 was cracked by the Washington Post's ace newshawk Dillard Stokes* just five days before this week's New York primary election, in which Ham Fish faced the most serious opposition of his 22-year career as Congressman.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has been variously a newshawk, an ambulance driver for the A.E.F. in France, an adviser to the coal interests when they drew up their NRA code.

From Time Magazine Archive