News combines with several prepositions depending on meaning. News of and news about are common for topics, while in the news refers to media attention.
Use news of or news about for information concerning something. Use in the news for topics currently reported by the media. News for introduces the audience, and news to means information unfamiliar to someone. With news is less common and usually part of a larger clause such as happy with the news.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use news of before events, changes, deaths, or discoveries.
News about is slightly more conversational and broad.
Use in the news for topics currently discussed by the media.
Use news to before the person learning something new.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
News is grammatically singular.
✕ The news are surprising. ✓ The news is surprising.The article the is normally required.
✕ The issue is in news. ✓ The issue is in the news.News to means unfamiliar information; news for means intended for someone.
✕ I have news to you. ✓ I have news for you.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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News is singular in standard English.
Both are correct, but news of is slightly more formal and specific.
Yes, but with is usually part of a larger sentence rather than a fixed phrase with news.
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