news desk
noun
: the office where news is gathered to be reported in a newspaper, on television, etc.
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Michael Loria is a national reporter on the USA TODAY breaking news desk.
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Black then pulled Fallon into a hug, with his lower half mostly obscured behind the host’s news desk.
—EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Michael Loria is a national reporter on the USA TODAY breaking news desk; Isaiah Murtaugh covers education for the Ventura County Star in partnership with Report for America.
—Isaiah Murtaugh, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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Michael Loria is a national reporter on the USA TODAY breaking news desk.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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Emmet Lyons is a news desk editor at the CBS News London bureau, coordinating and producing stories for all CBS News platforms.
—Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
While the publisher’s newspaper will remain, the paper will refocus its central news desk on its digital products.
—Liam Reilly, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Arianna Johnson is a reporter on the Forbes news desk who covers explainers and trends, with a frequent focus on health and science.
—Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
On October 4, 1954, Seigenthaler, long before his storied career at The Tennessean, was a young reporter working the city news desk.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 12 Sep. 2024
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Black then pulled Fallon into a hug, with his lower half mostly obscured behind the host’s news desk.
—EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Michael Loria is a national reporter on the USA TODAY breaking news desk; Isaiah Murtaugh covers education for the Ventura County Star in partnership with Report for America.
—Isaiah Murtaugh, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
More: Over $239M worth of cocaine, including from narco-submarine, seized, Coast Guard says
Michael Loria is a national reporter on the USA TODAY breaking news desk.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
More In: Immigration U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Trump Administration
Ireland
Emmet Lyons
Emmet Lyons is a news desk editor at the CBS News London bureau, coordinating and producing stories for all CBS News platforms.
—Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
While the publisher’s newspaper will remain, the paper will refocus its central news desk on its digital products.
—Liam Reilly, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Arianna Johnson is a reporter on the Forbes news desk who covers explainers and trends, with a frequent focus on health and science.
—Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
On October 4, 1954, Seigenthaler, long before his storied career at The Tennessean, was a young reporter working the city news desk.
—Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 12 Sep. 2024
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“News desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/news%20desk. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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