newsman vs newsperson

newsman and newsperson both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
newsman	Yes	No	No	No
newsperson	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, newsperson is a hypernym of newsman; that is, newsperson is a word with a broader meaning than newsman:

Other hypernyms of newsman include adult male, man, reporter.

newsman (noun)	newsperson (noun)
a male person who investigates and reports or edits news stories	a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories