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Newsworthy

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

/ˈnjuːzwɜːði/adjectiveCommon term

In journalism & media, newsworthy means: Interesting or important enough to be reported as news, for example because it is new, unusual, local, surprising or affects many people.

In Turkish: haber değeri taşıyan, haber değeri olan, haberlik

How it is used

Editors ask is this newsworthy? when choosing stories. Journalism courses teach news values such as timeliness, impact, proximity, prominence, conflict and human interest. The noun is newsworthiness.

Example sentences

  1. A dog biting a man is not newsworthy, but a man biting a dog might be.

  2. The council meeting wasn't newsworthy until the budget vote failed.

Common collocations

  • newsworthy event
  • highly newsworthy
  • news values
  • newsworthiness
  • angleThe particular point of view or focus a journalist chooses for a story, which decides which facts and voices come first.
  • news storyA single piece of reporting about a recent event or issue, published in print or online or broadcast on radio or television.
  • public interestThe benefit of society as a whole, used to judge whether publishing information, especially private or secret information, is justified.
  • scoopAn important or exciting story that one journalist or outlet publishes before any of its competitors; as a verb, to beat rivals to a story.

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