Fromnews +‎hound.

newshound (pluralnewshounds)

1. (informal) Aninvestigativereporter.

   Synonym:newsmonger

   • 1967, Ivan Terence Sanderson,Uninvited Visitors:

     I recently received a firsthand report from an old friend — John A. Keel — who until last year was as skeptical anewshound as I have known.

   • 1977,New York Magazine:

     "You could, of course, have a prepared statement and when anewshound knocked at the door you could slide it out to him," said the journalist.

   • 2007, David Talbot,Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years:

     "I've always been anewshound and I was glued to the TV set on November 22," he recalled.

   • 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8848:

     The[Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappynewshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.

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