as in reporter
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news
the only pressman who was invited to Downing Street for an interview with the Prime Minister
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Recent Examples of pressman
Jimmy Hughes was the pressman for several years and became production manager until retirement.
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arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Many were wearing old-school pressman’s hats made out of newspapers and custom T-shirts featuring the grim reaper marking the end of the printing plant itself.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2024
My father had been a Globe pressman since 1957.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
His father was a pressman at a printing company, and money was tight.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
Gary’s father was a Journal pressman and his grandfather arranged lead type in the Journal composing room.
—George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2022
So once again, The Envelope tips its pressman’s cap to these few great actors who’ve made a sizable impression in their brief time onscreen.
—Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
His father had various jobs, including waiter, dockworker and pressman for The New York Times; his mother worked as a cashier and stocker at an A. & P. supermarket.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2021
The exhibit details her struggles with the 1975 pressman’s strike and landmark employment discrimination lawsuits brought by female and Black employees.
—Washington Post, 4 May 2021
arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Many were wearing old-school pressman’s hats made out of newspapers and custom T-shirts featuring the grim reaper marking the end of the printing plant itself.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2024
My father had been a Globe pressman since 1957.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
His father was a pressman at a printing company, and money was tight.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
Gary’s father was a Journal pressman and his grandfather arranged lead type in the Journal composing room.
—George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2022
So once again, The Envelope tips its pressman’s cap to these few great actors who’ve made a sizable impression in their brief time onscreen.
—Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
His father had various jobs, including waiter, dockworker and pressman for The New York Times; his mother worked as a cashier and stocker at an A. & P. supermarket.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2021
The exhibit details her struggles with the 1975 pressman’s strike and landmark employment discrimination lawsuits brought by female and Black employees.
—Washington Post, 4 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressman
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Perhaps the next James Bond could be skilled in the martial arts and marksmanship, heli skiing, deep sea diving, and martinis shaken, not stirred, who is posing as a daring and stylish…news reporter.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
22 Feb. 2025
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Melvin appeared earnestly surprised when reporters took out their phones to post the news to social media.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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Source: The National Weather Service This article was generated by the Kansas City Star Bot, software that analyzes structured information, such as data, and applies it to articles based on templates created by journalists in the newsroom.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2025
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In Nicole Cuffy’s new novel, journalist Faruq Zaidi embeds himself inside a California cult following the death of his devout Muslim father.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
1 Mar. 2025
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More about Jonathan Swan Maggie Haberman is a White House correspondent, reporting on the second, nonconsecutive term of Donald J. Trump.—
Eric Lipton,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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They are named for George Polk, a CBS News correspondent who was murdered in 1948 while covering the civil war in Greece.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Pressman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressman. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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