newshen

English

Etymology

news +‎ hen

Noun

newshen (plural newshens)

1. A female investigative reporter.
   • 1954, Juan F. Villasanta, Dateline Korea: Stories of the Philippine Battalion, page 164:

     Tuding Guinto, the first Filipino newshen to see the Korean front, had the usual curiosity of a person with a nose for news.

   • 2001, Dan Jenkins, Fast Copy: A Novel, page 152:

     This is not the Texas coming out. It's the newshen coming out.

   • 2010, Rex Stout, The Doorbell Rang, page 60:

     She had also refused to talk to reporters, but a newshen from the Post had finally got enough out of her for a spread, making some fur fly at the Gazette.

See also

• newshound