newsworthy
- adjective
- /ˈnuːzwɜrði/
- Literature
- The dramatic rescue of the hikers was newsworthy and caught the attention of the national media.
- newsworthy event
- newsworthy topic
- newsworthy stories
Now, that's not in itself newsworthy.
- Now, that's not in itself newsworthy.
- But also they can't say anything newsworthy or political or controversial or anything.
- And so he's he's like, you almost have to have a premonition that there's something in that database that is newsworthy.
- His is the artistry of making the unnamed, the UN newsworthy, and the undocumented appear before us.
- And this is the problem we live in this time of like the victim Olympics where the only stories but become newsworthy are ones of like victimhood.
- Do high risk, high reward activities that are newsworthy, that are around good ideas, that are authentic.
- It's a weird it it it purports to be reports to be news, but it is I don't know most most news isn't newsworthy.
Examples
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The media found Earth Day an attractive and newsworthy event, and their coverage helped increase public participation.
Academic text (1990) -
For a few years, the chairman published a list of special newsworthy events once or twice a year.
Academic text (1991) -
So, you know, there are places that are more newsworthy than others and there are events that make it really newsworthy.
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That means we got to have more newsworthy guests.
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I have been part of many newsworthy events, whether in court or, you know, in representing people.
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I'm happy to talk to anybody with a newsworthy story.
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Now, let me ask you, have you heard any dreams lately that might be newsworthy?
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Personally, I think that one report is more newsworthy than a few dozen or more.
Blog text (13) -
The tapes are genuine, newsworthy, and we have a right to broadcast them.
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It was a very newsworthy case.
Synonyms
Worth attention because it is important or unusual
Worth paying attention to because it is important or interesting
Antonyms
How Newsworthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word newsworthy comes from the two parts news and worthy, where news means 'new information or events' and worthy means 'deserving' or 'worth'. So, something newsworthy is 'deserving to be in the news' because it is interesting, important, or unusual.