a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
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Pressman \Press"man\, n. [See 2d {Press}.] One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.
Pressman \Press"man\, n.; pl. {Pressmen}. 1. One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.
2. One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.
The son of a journeyman pressman, Hackman is a former truck driver and soda jerk who did not pursue acting until he was in his 30s.
Outside, a young pressman filling a news box with an extra edition headlined "Herald Examiner Closes" refused to take a reader's quarter.
Such was the case with Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman who was put on disability leave last year.
These people identified the worker fired at Donnelley's Old Saybrook, Conn., printing plant as William Sady, an assistant pressman.
One assailant sprayed an unknown substance into a hawker's face. A News pressman with 10 years on the job was arrested as a result. The hawker was treated at the scene.