Important or interesting enough to be reported as news; deserving of media coverage and public attention.
From 'news' (from Old French 'noveles,' meaning new things) + 'worthy' (from Old English, meaning deserving/having value). 'News' originally meant 'new things' in general before becoming specialized for reported events. The compound emerged in 20th-century journalism.
What counts as 'newsworthy' has changed dramatically—in 1900, a royal wedding was newsworthy; in 2000, it had to be a celebrity scandal. Today, a tweet about a celebrity can be newsworthy while thousands die from disease elsewhere goes unreported. Newsworthiness reveals what a society values!
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