WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hard′ news′, [Journalism.]
  1. Journalismserious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
hard′-news′, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fea′ture sto′ry, 
    1. Journalisma newspaper or magazine article or report of a person, event, an aspect of a major event, or the like, often having a personal slant and written in an individual style. Cf. follow-up (def. 3b), hard news, news story. 
    2. Journalismthe main or most prominent story in a magazine. Also called feature. 
    • 1910–15

'hard news' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
feature story

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