newsworthy

[ nooz-wur-thee, nyooz- ]

adjective

1. of sufficient interest to the public or a special audience to warrant press attention or coverage.

newsworthy

/ ˈnjuːzˌwɜːðɪ /

adjective

1. sufficiently interesting to be reported in a news bulletin

Derived Forms

• ˈnewsˌworthiness, noun

Other Words From

• newsworthi·ness noun
• un·newsworthy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of newsworthy¹

First recorded in 1930–35; news + -worthy

Example Sentences

“On a day when the most newsworthy landing should have been the NASA rover successfully touching down on Mars,” Kimmel said, “instead it was a senator from Texas touching down on Cancun.”

From Washington Post

In part, it’s a function of changes in what’s viewed as newsworthy.

From Washington Post

They have taken to recording events they find newsworthy and posting them directly to ordinary people’s WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter accounts.

From Quartz

Publishers only care about what’s newsworthy, but most brands don’t have an entire news staff on standby.

From Search Engine Land

The key to creating newsworthy content that captures the attention of audiences is to focus on data collection, analysis, and illustration.

From Search Engine Watch

Worse than these newsworthy accidents, is what we allow to happen every day in this country.

From The Daily Beast

Celebrity breakups should be as newsworthy as your best friend's dreams.

From The Daily Beast

The reason my column was newsworthy is that thousands of other people have found—or will soon find—themselves in the same boat.

From The Daily Beast

A modicum of senseless slaughter is no longer considered overly newsworthy in Egypt.

From The Daily Beast

Over at The Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf reviewed the case and concluded that everything about it “is insanely newsworthy.”

From The Daily Beast

Related Words

• consequential
• front-page
• meaningful
• momentous
• relevant