Definition of Newsworthy

1. Adjective. Sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper.

Similar to: Interesting
Derivative terms: Newsworthiness

Definition of Newsworthy

1. Adjective. Interesting enough to be reported as a news ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Newsworthy

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Newsworthy

newsstand
newsstand operator
newsstands
newsstore
newsstores
newsvendor
newsvendors
newsweeklies
newsweekly
newswire
newswires
newswoman
newswomen
newsworthily
newsworthiness
newsworthy (current term)
newswriter
newswriting
newswritings
newsy
newt
newth
newtlike
newton
newton-meter
newtonian
newtonian aberration
newtonian flow
newtonian fluid
newtonian viscosity

Literary usage of Newsworthy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Global Challenge and Local Response: Initiatives for Economic Regeneration by Walter B. Stöhr (1990)
"This lack of compiled evidence, however, seems largely due to the fact that such local initiatives were not sufficiently 'newsworthy' for the media or the ..."

2. Proceedings: Symposium on Fire in Wilderness and Park Management edited by James K. Brown, Robert W. Mutch, Charles W. Spoon, Ronald H. Wakimoto (1996)
"In Alaska, stories about today's events (sea otters rescued, beaches cleaned) and symbols (oiled shorelines and wildlife) were always more newsworthy than ..."

3. Youth & Drugs: Society's Mixed Messages edited by Hank Resnik (1994)
"A frequent event that is rarely reported is de facto not newsworthy. Through their control or ownership of companies marketing food, drinks, other heavily ..."

4. Community Readiness for Drug Abuse Prevention: Issues, Tips and Tools by Karol L. Kumpfer, Henry O. Whiteside, Abraham H. Wandersman, Elaine Cardenas (1998)
"... newsworthy Prevention Activities By far the greatest return on effort will be obtained by learning how to make local prevention information and efforts ..."

5. Building, Measuring And Improving Public Confidence in the Nuclear Regulator by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2006)
"Defining what's newsworthy Beyond such obviously newsworthy events as those listed earlier, coming up with guidelines for the second instance of "when" - in ..."

6. Take Action Against Drug Abuse: How to Start a Volunteer Anti-Drug Program (1994)
"You need to become a newsmaker in a two-part sense; you need to produce newsworthy material, and you need to be newsworthy material. Just what is news? ..."

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