Definition of newsworthy
: interesting enough to the general public to warrant reporting
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American researchers typically dominate the meeting’s press conferences — designed to feature the most important and newsworthy research.
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And there was another reason that the second half of Trump’s quote was so newsworthy.
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Cooper says journalists, for example, can use Pixifly to track down photos from events that are newsworthy, but maybe too small to generate their own hasthtag.
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First Known Use of newsworthy
1890
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playDefinition of newsworthy for English Language Learners
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: interesting or important enough to report as news
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