newspaperman

Example Sentences

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Carter Glass left school at 13 to become a newspaperman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Born to slave-owning Confederate parents, Watson watched his family descend into poverty after the Civil War, and rose to prominence in Georgia politics as a lawyer and newspaperman who assailed the prevailing economic order.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

Roth was a “red diaper baby,” the Jewish son of communists; his father was newspaperman and university teacher and his mother was an executive at United Artists.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

A few years later, brunch was described by New York newspaperman Frank Ward O'Malley as "the typical mid-day eating habits of a newspaper reporter."

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2023

A Belgian newspaperman there recognized wit and raw avarice—a useful combination in any game.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver