A short news broadcast, especially on television; a newsflash.
Example sentencesExamples
Did any of you catch the recent news brief linking milk consumption to cancer?
Fighting antibiotic resistance may take a little creativity, according to a news brief in American Medical News.
One article was a news brief displaying one exterior image and one interior view of the top floor conference room - the only comfortably proportioned space.
The Times ran only a three-paragraph news brief on the incident.
What follows is a suggested re-write of an Amnesty International news release about violence against women, refocusing it as a news brief about violence committed by men.
A July 15 news brief in the Denver Post reported the number of bidders for Qwest's directory service, QwestDex, is down to two groups.
The cause of death had not yet been established when the news brief was written.
In truth, he had swiped the statistic from a news brief in USA Today, and even then had inflated it from 30 per cent in order to entice the premier.
Egyptian national television, long dominated by the monotonous recitation of news briefs and a parade of sleepy soap operas, faces a challenge in attracting the youth, who have turned to the satellite channel al-Jazeera, based in Qatar.
Editors can debate the value of news briefs, but the prevalence of shorter articles cannot be missed.
Definition of news brief in US English:
news brief
noun
US
A brief item of print or broadcast news.
Example sentencesExamples
The cause of death had not yet been established when the news brief was written.
A July 15 news brief in the Denver Post reported the number of bidders for Qwest's directory service, QwestDex, is down to two groups.
The Times ran only a three-paragraph news brief on the incident.
Egyptian national television, long dominated by the monotonous recitation of news briefs and a parade of sleepy soap operas, faces a challenge in attracting the youth, who have turned to the satellite channel al-Jazeera, based in Qatar.
One article was a news brief displaying one exterior image and one interior view of the top floor conference room - the only comfortably proportioned space.
Fighting antibiotic resistance may take a little creativity, according to a news brief in American Medical News.
What follows is a suggested re-write of an Amnesty International news release about violence against women, refocusing it as a news brief about violence committed by men.
Editors can debate the value of news briefs, but the prevalence of shorter articles cannot be missed.
Did any of you catch the recent news brief linking milk consumption to cancer?
In truth, he had swiped the statistic from a news brief in USA Today, and even then had inflated it from 30 per cent in order to entice the premier.