ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

[organizations producing news reports] [methods of conveying news] United Press
International, UPI; Associated Press, AP; The Dow Jones News Service, DJ; The New
York Times News Service, NYT; Reuters [Brit.]; TASS [Rus.]; The Nikkei [Jap.].
[person reporting news as a profession] newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter,
journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war
correspondent, news team, news department; anchorman, anchorwoman † ; sportscaster;
weatherman.
[officials providing news for an organization] press secretary, public relations
department, public relations man.
V. transpire &c (be disclosed) 529; rumor &c (publish) 531.
Adj. many-tongued; rumored; publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported;
rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the
town.
in progress; live; on the spot; in person.
Adv. as the story goes, as the story runs; as they say, it is said; by telegraph, by wireless.
Phr. airy tongues that syllable men's names [Milton]; what's up?; what's the latest?;
what's new?; what's the latest poop?.
533. Secret -- N. secret; dead secret, profound secret; arcanum † , mystery; latency &c
526; Asian mystery † ; sealed book, secrets of the prison house; le desous des cartes [Fr.].
enigma, riddle, puzzle, nut to crack, conundrum, charade, rebus, logogriph † ;
monogram, anagram; Sphinx; crux criticorum [Lat.].
maze, labyrinth, Hyrcynian wood; intricacy, meander.
problem &c (question) 461; paradox &c (difficulty) 704; unintelligibility &c 519; terra
incognita &c (ignorance) 491.
Adj. secret &c (concealed) 528; involved &c, 248; labyrinthine, labyrinthian † , mazy.
confidential; top secret.
534. Messenger -- N. messenger, envoy, emissary, legate; nuncio, internuncio † ;
ambassador &c (diplomatist) 758.
marshal, flag bearer, herald, crier, trumpeter, bellman † , pursuivant † , parlementaire
[Fr.], apparitor † .
courier, runner; dak † , estafette † ; Mercury, Iris, Ariel † .
commissionaire [Fr.]; errand boy, chore boy; newsboy.
mail, overnight mail, express mail, next-day delivery; post, post office; letter bag;
delivery service; United Parcel Service, UPS; Federal Express, Fedex.
telegraph, telephone; cable, wire (electronic information transmission); carrier pigeon.
[person reporting news] (news) 532 reporter, gentleman of the press, representative of
the press; penny-a-liner; special correspondent, own correspondent; spy, scout; informer
&c 527.
535. Affirmation -- N. affirmance, affirmation; statement, allegation, assertion,
predication, declaration, word, averment; confirmation.
asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit; deposition &c (record) 551;
avouchment; assurance; protest, protestation; profession; acknowledgment &c (assent)
488; legal pledge, pronouncement; solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration.