newswriter
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- noun
- /ˈnuːzˌraɪtər/
- Literature
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- The experienced newswriter interviewed eyewitnesses to write an engaging article.
Examples
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Editor's note: CNN recently won four first-place reporting awards from the Religion Newswriters Association.
Blog text (24) -
The trick was to find an artless word that wouldn't commonly occur to newswriters or writers of language texts.
Fiction book (1998) -
Bill, the fastest editor around, was recording it on tape this very moment and would then work with one of the newswriters to find the most poignant eye- and ear-catching clips to paste together for a feature on the Seven O'clock.
Fiction book (1992) -
As a newswriter, she covered the latest events happening in her community.
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He worked tirelessly as a newswriter, crafting headlines that grabbed readers' attention.
Synonyms
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1.1
A person who finds and tells news on TV, radio, or newspapers
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2.3
A person who reports news for a newspaper, magazine, TV, or website
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A reporter who gives news from a place or about a particular subject
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A man who reports news for a newspaper or TV
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3.0
A man who finds and reports news for newspapers, radio, or TV
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A man who writes or edits news for newspapers and other media
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8.4
A person who reports news for newspapers, TV or websites
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3.0
A woman who reports news for TV or newspapers
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A person who finds and reports news for television, radio, or newspapers
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A woman who writes or reports news for newspapers
How Opinionated
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1.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word newswriter is a combination of news and writer. News comes from new, meaning 'recent', and writer comes from write, meaning 'to write', so a newswriter is someone who writes about recent events.