city room


noun
  1. the room in which local news is handled for a newspaper, a radio or television station, or for another journalistic agency.

  2. the editorial staff of this room.

Origin of city room

1
First recorded in 1915–20

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How to use city room in a sentence

  • He kept a Bible on his desk in the city room of The New York Times, and wrote like an angel.

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  • For more than six years we held down adjoining desks in the city room of a New York evening newspaper.

    The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. Cobb
  • He glanced about the cluttered city room, now suddenly grown large and empty.

    The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. Cobb
  • What I want is for you to get your staff together in the city room, say about five o'clock, for fifteen minutes.

    Thirty | Howard Vincent O'Brien
  • Bassett led the way to the city room, and with a clap of his hands achieved silence.

    Thirty | Howard Vincent O'Brien
  • They told me you left word for me in the city room, to see you when I came in again.

    The Clarion | Samuel Hopkins Adams