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news⋅hawk

  [nooz-hawk, nyooz-]
–noun Informal.
a newspaper reporter, esp. one who is energetic and aggressive.
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Also called news⋅hound  [nooz-hound, nyooz-] .

Origin:
1930–35, Americanism; news + hawk
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news·hound   (nōōz'hound', nyōōz'-)   
n.  An aggressive or energetic journalist.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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newshound

  1. n.
    a newspaper reporter who pursues a story with the same diligence used by a bloodhound. : Tell that newshound that I'll sue her if she prints that!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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