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# newsworthy

«newsworthy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Interesting or important enough to be reported in the news** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more newsworthy, most newsworthy)

### meaning for a pupil

Interesting or important enough to be reported in the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsworthy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in media and English lessons about journalism: reporters decide what is newsworthy, often something new, unusual, local, or important to many people. It helps pupils understand why some events make the news and others do not.

### examples

- A dog that can surf is newsworthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsworthy/#x1)
- The editor said the story was not newsworthy enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsworthy/#x2)
- Winning the national competition was newsworthy, so the local paper came to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsworthy/#x3)
- Why do you think this event is newsworthy? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsworthy/#x4)
- Celebrities often do things that are not very important but are seen as newsworthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsworthy/#x5)
- The opening of the new library was newsworthy in our town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsworthy/#x6)

### note

Adjective, one word. A point for media lessons: being newsworthy does not mean being the most important; news often picks rare and dramatic events, which can make them seem more common than they are.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «newsworthy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsworthy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.