The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Newsman \News"man\, n.; pl. Newsmen.
   1. One who brings news. [Obs.] --Spenser.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A man who distributes or sells newspapers.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

newsman
    n 1: a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
         [syn: reporter, newsman, newsperson]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "newsman":
   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, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter,
   own correspondent, paragrapher, paragraphist, pressman, publicist,
   reader, reporter, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter, slotman,
   sob sister, special correspondent, sports editor, subeditor,
   war correspondent