newsmaker

[nooz-mey-ker, nyooz-]

noun

1. a person, thing, or event that is newsworthy.

   a weekly magazine devoted to stories on newsmakers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of newsmaker¹

First recorded in 1965–70; news + maker

Example Sentences

She opened doors for women as a network anchor and turned newsmaker interviews into major television events — 74 million tuned into her 1999 sit-down with Monica Lewinsky.

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But his gradual turn to the right as archbishop has gone so far that the National Catholic Reporter, where I’m an occasional contributor, labeled him a “failed culture warrior” when they anointed him their Newsmaker for that year.

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Dickerson has done an additional half-hour, which includes a longer newsmaker interview and a brief commentary at the end, on “CBS Evening News Plus,” which is shown on CBS News Streaming after the network broadcast.

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It’s become hard to recall that Giuliani once was far more esteemed than that other longtime New York newsmaker, Trump.

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"There's some real headwinds in China in the short-term", he told a Reuters Newsmaker event in Singapore, noting the crisis in its debt-ridden property sector.

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