Definition of news given by different authors

Here are some definitions of news given by different authors:

  1. Walter Lippmann (1922): "News is what a chap with a newspaper under his arm gives the other chap who has just been given the morning after the night before."
    • Source: "Public Opinion" by Walter Lippmann
  2. Edward R. Murrow (1958): "News is what people want to keep hidden; everything else is just the news."
    • Source: "In Search of Light" by Edward R. Murrow
  3. Herman and Chomsky (1988): "News is what people are interested in, and what people are interested in is what the powerful want them to know."
    • Source: "Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media" by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
  4. Daniel C. Hallin (1986): "News is a way of making sense of the world, a way of organizing and interpreting the events that happen in it."
    • Source: "The Uncensored War: The Media and Vietnam" by Daniel C. Hallin
  5. Jay Rosen (2009): "News is what someone wants to keep covered up; and especially, what some people don't want the public to know."
    • Source: "What are Journalists For?" by Jay Rosen
  6. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (2019): "News is a report of a significant event or development that is of public interest and importance, and is typically disseminated through various media channels."
    • Source: "Columbia Journalism Review"
  7. The Oxford English Dictionary (2020): "News: information about recent events or developments, especially those of public interest or concern."
    • Source: Oxford English Dictionary

These definitions reflect different perspectives on what news is, from the role of power and interest in shaping what is reported, to the idea that news is a way of making sense of the world, to the more straightforward definition of news as information about recent events or developments.