deskman
Americannoun
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Journalism. a member of a newspaper staff who processes news and prepares copy, usually from information telephoned in by reporters.
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a person who works at a desk.
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The State Department deskman had no one to call but a Pentagon deskman�who apparently did not realize the cable's contents warranted bothering a higher-up.
From Time Magazine Archive
In comparison to Voight's unswerving dedication, Beatty's mania seems just about as workaday as a deskman collecting box scores from the local high schools.
From Time Magazine Archive
To all the Archbishop had to say, that unhappy deskman could only gulp and stammer.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a night-shift city deskman when his bosses shifted him to society a fortnight ago, set him up with an assistant and a telephone of his own.
From Time Magazine Archive
There his friend Corporal Macey subdued his broad Irish smile and ordered the deskman to "book him up."
From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Franck, Harry Alverson
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