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Definition of Hard news
1. Noun. News that deals with serious topics or events.
Definition of Hard news
1. Noun. (publishing broadcasting) Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hard News
Literary usage of Hard news
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism by Adrian Hadland (2006)
"hard news focuses on the immediate event; it tells us what has happened: somebody
was elected, somebody else was murdered. Features are everything else. ..."
2. Prevention Plus II: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Drug-Free Communities (1994)
"Print: Print needs are primarily for information. Types of stories dictate type
of information, or story angle: • hard news stories • feature ..."
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