top story
Newscast opening segment
The top story is the most important or prominent news item at a given moment—the one that leads a broadcast or appears at the top of a news feed: Tonight's top story: the hurricane makes landfall.
The phrase also refers to the uppermost floor of a building: The penthouse occupies the top story.
- headlineNews article title
- breaking newsNewly unfolding events reported
- breakingComing apart suddenly
- newsReports of recent events
- scoopFirst-reported story
penthouse · upper level · attic · rooftop · lead · news flash · exclusive · bulletin · front page · skyline · apartment · floor · high rise · elevator · reporter · coverage · press · editor
- newsnews, headlines, breaking news, headline, news alert
- news medianews agency, newspaper, documentary, article, news photo
- newspapersnewspaper, headlines, headline, news, articles
- broadcast newsnewscast, news anchor, correspondent, breaking news, headline news
- TV lingoon air, off air, showrunner, cliffhanger, cue
- Popularitypopular, fame, famous, trending, viral