Newshound

I recently received a firsthand report from an old friend — John A. Keel — who until last year was as skeptical a newshound as I have known.

"You could, of course, have a prepared statement and when a newshound knocked at the door you could slide it out to him," said the journalist.

"I've always been a newshound and I was glued to the TV set on November 22," he recalled.

The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.