Definition of Newsworthiness

1. Noun. The quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins. "He is no longer news in the fashion world"

Exact synonyms: News
Generic synonyms: Interest, Interestingness
Derivative terms: Newsworthy

Definition of Newsworthiness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being newsworthy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Newsworthiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Newsworthiness

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

Literary usage of Newsworthiness

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

1. Lessons Learned from the California Drought (1987-1992): National Study of by Benedykt Dziegielewski, Hari P. Garbharran, John F. Langowski, Jr. (1997)
"The newsworthiness of the drought created an opportunity to focus public attention on California's water issues. The media saw their role during the drought ..."

2. Diplomat's Dictionary by Charles W. Freeman, Jr. (1995)
"s ~ Journalism: "Journalism is concerned with effect and with newsworthiness; it is written under the pressure of time, and based on much less information ..."

3. Making Health Communication Programs Work: A Planner's Guide (1993)
"... primary source of information but may be less trusted than more intimate sources of information, and are constrained by time, space, and newsworthiness, ..."

4. A Time to Heal: The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian Britain by Jerry L. Gaw (1999)
"Both of these agents were used sparingly by Lister, though, because they were not volatile like carbolic acid. In addition to the newsworthiness of ..."

5. Managing Water for Drought: National Study of Water Management During Droughtby William J. Werick by William J. Werick (1997)
"The media are governed by their own rules of objective reporting, newsworthiness, and perceptions of what the public wants to know. ..."

6. Internet and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean by Marcelo Bonilla (2004)
"... the right of privacy.19 Williams (1999) maintains that the standard of "newsworthiness" used by the courts to evaluate claims for invasion of privacy is ..."

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