newsworthy
adjective
news·wor·thy
ˈnüz-ˌwər-t͟hē 
ˈnyüz-
: interesting enough to the general public to warrant reporting
Examples of newsworthy in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
And of course, television news producers want to respond to public curiosity about this highly newsworthy event.
—
Kevin O'Marah, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The information the source supplies must be newsworthy and give readers genuine insight.
—Katie Rogers, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
More than 100,000 flights take off every day without issue, which means that incidents are treated as newsworthy anomalies.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
Rao said Content Credentials would be useful for verifying newsworthy media in situations like war zones, and pointed to the Israel-Hamas war as an ongoing example of a conflict where doubt has emerged over whether images online are real or manipulated.
—Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
Normally, the closing of an early-childhood education center is more newsworthy than the opening of one.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
But the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that the First Amendment allows the press to publish newsworthy information that was legally obtained by reporters even when those in power fight to keep it hidden.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2024
Peng said the stories were newsworthy and that Oxman, with a public profile as a prominent intellectual, was fair game as a subject.
—David Bauder, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2024
The year will start with a newsworthy closure, however.
—Robert Niles, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
Kevin O'Marah, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The information the source supplies must be newsworthy and give readers genuine insight.
—Katie Rogers, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
More than 100,000 flights take off every day without issue, which means that incidents are treated as newsworthy anomalies.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
Rao said Content Credentials would be useful for verifying newsworthy media in situations like war zones, and pointed to the Israel-Hamas war as an ongoing example of a conflict where doubt has emerged over whether images online are real or manipulated.
—Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
Normally, the closing of an early-childhood education center is more newsworthy than the opening of one.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
But the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that the First Amendment allows the press to publish newsworthy information that was legally obtained by reporters even when those in power fight to keep it hidden.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2024
Peng said the stories were newsworthy and that Oxman, with a public profile as a prominent intellectual, was fair game as a subject.
—David Bauder, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2024
The year will start with a newsworthy closure, however.
—Robert Niles, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'newsworthy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near newsworthy
Cite this Entry
“Newsworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsworthy. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
newsworthy
adjective
news·wor·thy
-ˌwər-t͟hē
: sufficiently interesting to the average person to deserve reporting
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share