newshen

plural newshens

1. A female investigative reporter.

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

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

   2 more examples

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

   1954, Juan F. Villasanta, Dateline Korea: Stories of the Philippine Battalion, page 164

   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.

   2010, Rex Stout, The Doorbell Rang, page 60