city desk

noun

a newspaper department responsible for editing local news.

Also, City desk. British. the department of a newspaper handling financial news.

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Origin:
1900–05, Americanism

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city desk

—n
1.	(Brit) the department of a newspaper office dealing with financial and commercial news
2.	(US), (Canadian) the department of a newspaper office dealing with local news

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