Twenty definitions of news

Addy-Orleans
2 min readApr 25, 2024

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1.News is the timely reporting of events’’ (Journalism.org)

2.News is an account of something that has happened typically conveyed through various media outlets’’ (UNESCO)

3.News is an evolving story that impacts peoples understanding of the world around them’’ (Reuters institute for the study of journalism)

4.News is the communication of verified information about current events’’ (Pew research center)

5.News is the process of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting information to an audience’’ (University of Kansas)

6.News is information that has impact and relevance for someone’s life’’(Society of professional journalists)

7.News is a narrative of something that has happened or is happening in the world.’’ (Columbia journalism review)

8.News is information about recent events or developments.’’ (Collins dictionary)

9.News is the communication of selected information on current events.’’ (Investopedia)

10.’News is the information that is delivered to the public through the media’’ (Techopedia)

11.News is the first version of reality ‘Karl Marx

12.News is the voice of the people.” — Joseph Pulitzer

13. “News is the truth about the world.” — Edward R. Murrow

14. “News is the lifeblood of a democracy.” — Walter Cronkite

15. “News is the mirror of society.” — Marshall McLuhan

16. “News is the currency of democracy.” — Thomas Jefferson

17. “News is the information that shapes our understanding of the world.” — Noam Chomsky

18. “News is the light that shines on the darkness of ignorance.” — Edward R. Murrow

19. “News is the heartbeat of a nation.” — Tom Brokaw

20. “News is the bridge between the powerful and the powerless.” — Bill Moyers

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