hack
n. a reporter.She was a hack for the newspaper for a while.Newspaper hacks have to know a little of everything.
ink slinger
n. a professional writer; a newspaper reporter.The ink slingers have been at the candidates again.The problem is that there are too many ink slingers around.
newshound
n. a newspaper reporter who pursues a story with the same diligence used by a bloodhound.If the newshounds get hold of this story, we'll never have any peace.Tell that newshound that I'll sue her if she prints that!
talking head
n. a television news reader or announcer whose head and neck appear on the screen.I've had it with talking heads. I can read the paper and learn as much in twenty minutes.Some of those talking heads make millions a year.