hard news

noun

, Journalism.

1. serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.

Other Words From

• hard-news adjective

Example Sentences

CNN has the reputation for being the place to go for hard news, and it’s something we’re continuously chipping away at.

From The Daily Beast

The hard news has started to sink in for some—but not so much for others.

From Time

In other words, hard news is off limits for internet services of these categories that operate without a news license.

From TechCrunch

The result is a media effort drained of its ability to feed the beast with hard news stories.

From The Daily Beast

The occation we knew not, except the junk went out or that they had hard news that gave them content.

From Project Gutenberg

"I am Elizabeth Bailey," said the girl quietly, as if she would break a piece of hard news gently.

From Project Gutenberg