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spot news

American  

noun

Journalism.
  1. the latest news, reported immediately.

  2. news that occurs unexpectedly.


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If spot news occurs when I’m on vacation or out to dinner, I always have a quality camera to capture news.

From Seattle Times Jun. 27, 2022

"I do a little bit of everything, but primarily I work on human interest stories and not a lot of spot news stories."

From Fox News Sep. 10, 2021

During an earlier stint in Washington in the 1990s, she was AP’s assistant bureau chief for news, running spot news coverage and overseeing the foreign affairs and national security beats.

From Washington Post May 11, 2021

Robert D. McFadden is a senior writer on the Obituaries desk and the winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for spot news reporting.

From New York Times Aug. 23, 2019

The front office thought the radio car would give us a break in spot news coverage, and I guessed as wrong as they did.

From The Day of the Boomer Dukes by Ed Emshwiller

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