newshound

The connection I had with the world as a young newshound had dissolved, leaving my spirit bereft.

But interviews on Monday with former colleagues and Fleet Street veterans presented a portrait of a scoop-obsessed journalist with a distaste for dinner parties and a passion for the Chelsea soccer team, whose unassuming exterior masks a dogged newshound who relishes tough stories on politicians of all stripes.

The elder newshound looks at this unwanted disciple with weary eyes that recognize a shared curse.

The real McLaughlin was a fascinating, pioneering newshound; you’re unlikely to find her here.

The wiry, optimistic newshound taught journalism at his alma mater, Columbia University, after retiring from ABC News in 1999.