WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sob sister
    n 1: a journalist who specializes in sentimental stories

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "sob sister":
   city editor, columnist, copy chief, copy editor, copyman,
   copyreader, correspondent, cub reporter, diaskeuast, editor,
   editorial writer, feature editor, foreign correspondent, gazetteer,
   interviewer, journalist, leader writer, leg man, managing editor,
   news editor, newsman, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter,
   own correspondent, paragrapher, paragraphist, pressman, publicist,
   reader, reporter, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter, slotman,
   special correspondent, sports editor, subeditor,
   war correspondent