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newshound

newshound

1 4.8
A journalist who always looks for and reports news
  • noun
  • /ˈnuːzˌhaʊnd/
  • Literature
translation icon : reportero
  • As a dedicated newshound, she was always the first to report breaking news in the city.

And with me at the desk is the newshound with the best news nose in town, Ross Matthews.

Examples

  • And with me at the desk is the newshound with the best news nose in town, Ross Matthews.

  • Inside's veteran newshound, Buffo Sprinkle, has tracked down one of the moderately great television stars of yesteryear in the small village of Blatvik in southwest Romania.

    Blog text (29)
  • Well, I know that the media has changed, but this old newshound can still find his way home.

  • You newshounds have been after me and my folks ever since I won that dumb contest.

  • That is also a wholly depressing one that seems to have been lost on the newshound in question.

    Blog text (5)
  • Now your bayou-country newshounds have learned that the hijackers, a man and his wife...

  • By immersing himself in the issue since the day the FBI visited him in Chicago and through his skills as a newshound, Potter is now a leading expert on the government's crackdown on environmental and animal rights activists.

    Blog text (5)
  • "Who is watching our watchers, framing our framers, critiquing our newshounds?"

    Blog text (33)
  • NEWSROOM - BULLPEN: MURRAY, an old-timer newshound, hurries into the room, grabs his notebook, and pulls on his coat.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The newshound spent countless hours tracking down leads to uncover the truth of the story.

Synonyms

reporter
vsnewshound
  • Literature
1.1

A person who finds and tells news on TV, radio, or newspapers

is more eager and persistent in finding stories than this regular role
journalist
vsnewshound
  • Literature
942 2.3

A person who reports news for a newspaper, magazine, TV, or website

shows greater eagerness and persistence in tracking down stories
correspondent
vsnewshound
  • Literature
684 4.4

A reporter who gives news from a place or about a particular subject

is more about relentless searching across stories rather than assigned beats
pressman
vsnewshound
  • Archaic
39 5.8

A man who reports news for a newspaper or TV

is more energetic and persistent in actively chasing news leads
newsman
vsnewshound
  • Literature
20 3.0

A man who finds and reports news for newspapers, radio, or TV

shares profession but highlights stronger persistence and eagerness
TV reporter
vsnewshound
  • Literature
13 1.6

A person who reports news on television

is more about relentless pursuit of stories beyond routine broadcast reporting
newspaperman
vsnewshound
  • Archaic
10 3.5

A man who writes or edits news for newspapers and other media

is more driven and persistent in finding new stories than that worker
television reporter
vsnewshound
  • Literature
7 2.5

A person who reports news on television

focuses more on persistent and eager newsgathering than on medium alone
journo
vsnewshound
  • Slang
5 8.4

A person who reports news for newspapers, TV or websites

is similar but emphasizes stronger drive to chase and persist for stories
newswoman
vsnewshound
  • Literature
5 3.0

A woman who reports news for TV or newspapers

shares profession but highlights stronger persistence and eagerness
broadcast journalist
vsnewshound
  • Literature
2 3.4

A person who reports news on radio or television

is similar but stresses greater eagerness and persistence in gathering news
newsperson
vsnewshound
  • Literature
1 2.8

A person who finds and reports news for television, radio, or newspapers

adds the idea of unusually eager and persistent story hunting
TV newsman
vsnewshound
  • Archaic
1 2.7

A male reporter who presents news on TV

is stronger in eagerness and persistence for finding and reporting stories
newswriter
vsnewshound
  • Literature
1 3.3

A person who makes news articles for a newspaper or TV

focuses more on active, persistent effort to uncover stories
scooper
vsnewshound
  • Jargon
6.3

A journalist who gets and publishes important news before others

is related but emphasizes persistent searching rather than only exclusives

How Persistent

muckraker
  • Literature
3 8.5
newshound
  • Literature
1 4.8
reporter
  • Literature
1.1

Surface Forms

newshound singular
newshounds plural

Morphology

newshound = news + hound (transparent) = news + hound

A straightforward compound of two familiar nouns where 'hound' metaphorically means a persistent pursuer of 'news', so the meaning is easily deduced.

Etymology

Newshound joins news and hound. A hound is a dog that hunts, so a newshound is a journalist who 'hunts' stories and keeps chasing every lead to get the scoop.