newswoman vs newsperson

newswoman and newsperson both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of newswoman include reporter, adult female, woman.

newswoman (noun)	newsperson (noun)
a female newsperson	a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories