newsworthiness
Deserving media coverage
Newsworthiness is the quality that makes something worth reporting as news.
Editors and journalists assess newsworthiness based on factors like timeliness, impact, proximity, and human interest: The scandal's newsworthiness faded after a week.
What qualifies varies by outlet—a local paper and a national network weigh newsworthiness differently.
Coming apart suddenly
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- developingBecoming more advanced
- currentDirected flow of charge
- freshNewly made, not stale
latest · live · instant · rapid · update · alert · flash · momentous
State of mattering
- relevanceState of mattering here
- prominenceNotable status or visibility
- salienceState of standing out
- consequenceResult of an action
magnitude · weight · gravity · materiality · bearing · interest · pertinence · notability
News article title
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- scoopFirst-reported story
editorial · journalism · correspondent · byline · dateline · bureau · dispatch · beat
Focused mental awareness
- noticeBecome aware of
- mentionBrief verbal acknowledgment
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- exposureState of being unprotected
publicity · spotlight · visibility · acknowledgment · feature · profile · citation · credit
Sensationalist newspaper format
- hypeExaggerated promotional fanfare
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
shock · melodrama · clickbait · yellow journalism · paparazzi · sleaze · titillation · infotainment
breaking
Coming apart suddenly
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- developingBecoming more advanced
- currentDirected flow of charge
fresh · latest · live · instant · rapid · update · alert · flash · momentous · recent
importance
State of mattering
- relevanceState of mattering here
- prominenceNotable status or visibility
- salienceState of standing out
consequence · magnitude · weight · gravity · materiality · bearing · interest · pertinence · notability · import
headline
News article title
scoop · editorial · journalism · correspondent · byline · dateline · bureau · dispatch · beat · lede
attention
Focused mental awareness
exposure · publicity · spotlight · visibility · acknowledgment · feature · profile · citation · credit · distinction
tabloid
Sensationalist newspaper format
- hypeExaggerated promotional fanfare
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
exaggeration · shock · melodrama · clickbait · yellow journalism · paparazzi · sleaze · titillation · infotainment · dramatization
earthquake
Seismic ground movement
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- breakthroughSudden important advance
tragedy · crisis · assassination · epidemic · outbreak · war · explosion · collapse · recession · uprising
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- media ethicsjournalism ethics, media ethics, media bias, journalistic ethics, journalistic integrity
- media lawlibel, media regulation, press laws, slander, defamation
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- relevancerelevance, relevant, pertinence, pertinent, germane
- publicity rightsimage rights, likeness, merchandising rights, celebrity endorsements, celebrity endorsement
newsworthinessirrelevance
Lack of pertinence
insignificance · obscurity · unimportance · inconsequentiality · triviality
newsworthinessbanality
Tiresome lack of originality
mundaneness · ordinariness · unremarkableness · commonplaceness · staleness
news, worth, newspaper, worthy, noteworthy, newspapers, newsletter, newsworthy, newscaster