Collocations for news - noun

brilliant (BrE,informal), excellent, fantastic, good, great, happy, marvellous/marvelous (esp. BrE), terrific, tremendous (esp. BrE), welcome, wonderful
The good news is that we've all been given an extra day's leave.
Great news! We've bought the house.

encouraging, positive
awful, bad, devastating, disappointing, grim, sad, terrible, tragic, unwelcome
disturbing, shock (BrE), shocking
big, dramatic, important, major (esp. AmE), momentous (esp. BrE)
breaking, hot, late, latest, recent
Some late news has just come in.

old
exciting, interesting
hard
front-page, headline
It was front-page news at the time.

online
domestic, local, national, regional
foreign, international
business, City (BrE), economic, financial
celebrity
sports
football, etc.
shipping (AmE) (shipping forecast in BrE)

bit, item, piece
We've had a bit of good news.

catch, get, have, hear, learn, receive
You can catch all the latest news on our website.
Have you heard the latest news?

catch up on
I want to catch up on all your news.

follow
I follow food industry news fairly closely.

announce, break, bring (sb), convey, deliver, give sb, relay, reveal, tell sb
The police had to break the news to the boy's parents.

confirm
The company refused to confirm the news.

share, spread
He shared his good news with everyone else in the office.
She ran from office to office, spreading the news.

print, publish
leak
News of their engagement was leaked to the press.

release
The actor's family released news of his death last night.

post
The news was posted on the band's website.

bury, suppress
Drug companies tend to bury news of drug failures.

report
I don't really have any news to report.

carry, cover
‘The Daily Nation’ carried news of the event.

gather, get
It's the reporter's job to go out and gather news.

await, expect, wait for
They are waiting for news of their relatives.

digest
He took a moment to digest the unbelievable news.

greet, react to, welcome
The news was greeted with astonishment.

celebrate
Mrs Trowsdale will be celebrating the news with her family.

hit, make
It was a very minor incident and barely made the news.

dominate
California's energy crisis dominated the news.

come, come in, come through
News is coming in of a large fire in central London.

break, emerge, leak out
The news broke while we were away.

arrive, reach sb
filter through (sth)
spread, travel
The news spread like wildfire.

broadcast, bulletin, flash, programme/program, show
The schedules were interrupted for a news flash.

article, clip, exclusive (esp. BrE), footage, headlines, item, release, report, round-up, story, update
digest
a downloadable news digest

coverage
News coverage of the fighting was extremely biased.

event
briefing
He gave his first news briefing since being appointed.

agency, organization, outlet, service
desk, room
channel, network, station
Every news channel covered the story.

magazine
anchor (esp. AmE), broadcaster, crew (esp. AmE), editor, journalist, presenter, reporter
source
media
junkie (informal)
If you're a news junkie, you can get updates mailed to you.

alert, ticker
You can get news alerts through your cellphone.

website
blog

at the news
She went completely to pieces at the news of his death.

in the news
She's been in the news a lot lately.

with the news
Joan came in with the news that a pay rise had been agreed.

news about
I'm not interested in news about celebrities.

news from
And now with news from the Games, over to our Olympic correspondent.

news of
news of fresh killings

news on
Is there any news on the car bomb attack?

news to
It was news to me that they were married.

radio, television, TV
evening, lunchtime (BrE)
ten o'clock, etc.
nightly
prime-time (esp. AmE)
local, national

hear, listen to, see, watch
turn on
broadcast
read
The news is read by Katie Daly.

in the news
Our school was mentioned in the news.

on the news
I heard it on the evening news.