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spot news

NOUN
sound bite
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blurb clip excerpt one-liner quotation slogan snippet
WEAK
buzzword fifteen minutes of fame news item newsbreak notation note outtake passage photo opportunity piece quote saying selection

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She was part of a WSJ team that received a 2021 New York Press Club award for spot news coverage of the Paycheck Protection Program rollout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

That coverage and those indelible images won Edmonds the Pulitzer for spot news photography.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024

A year later, Mr. Meyer shared in the Pulitzer Prize for local general or spot news reporting, which went to The Detroit Free Press for its coverage of the riot.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2023

"I do a little bit of everything, but primarily I work on human interest stories and not a lot of spot news stories."

From Fox News • Sep. 10, 2021

To this retired spot news penetrated with decorum and conservatism.

From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)

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