Important or interesting enough to deserve public attention.
Reach for it when judging an event or achievement significant enough for responsible public coverage
The students' low-cost water filter was a newsworthy achievement.
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playful
headline-worthy
Fits when unusually strong public appeal is the point
Careful The phrase can reward sensationalism and overstate sober importance.
warm
Fits when unusual excellence is why people should hear about it
Careful Remarkable is evaluative and need not have public consequence.
professional
Fits when importance deserves attention without claiming media value
Careful Many notable things are too private or specialized to be newsworthy.
professional
reportable
Fits when publication standards and verifiable facts are central
Careful Reportable can mean merely permissible to report, not worth attention.
professional
significant
Fits when consequence matters more than novelty
Careful Significance alone does not make a development timely news.
professional
Fits when connection to current events creates relevance
Careful A timely item may still be minor or unverified.
formal
consequential
Fits when likely effects justify attention
Careful Consequential events may develop too slowly or privately for immediate coverage.
formal
of public interest
Fits when civic relevance is the test
Careful Of public interest means socially consequential, not merely attention-grabbing.
newsworthy event
The court ruling was a newsworthy event with immediate local effects.
genuinely newsworthy
The editor asked whether the announcement was genuinely newsworthy.
newsworthy achievement
Restoring the wetland was a newsworthy achievement backed by five years of data.
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