1804 13 Oct. 554/2 The newspaper scribe, in this bold assumption, has exhibited himself to the public as a man utterly unacquainted with history.
1904 Dec. 167 A sage newspaper-scribe observed that ‘although the Japanese disdain perspective in their pictures, there is no lack of it in their policy.’
2012 (Nexis) 6 Oct. (Letters section) a25 Post columnist Terence Corcoran fiercely denounced the idea of newspaper scribes being held accountable to a public editor.