Definitions

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  • adjective Attractive as a subject for reporting by news media.

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  • adjective thought of by the news media as an attractive subject

Etymologies

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Blend of media and photogenic

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Examples

  • I just think that if we used the same yardstick for our political spokespeople - "mediagenic" -- oof!

    In the footsteps of giants Roger Sutton 2009

  • So I'm defending the word mediagenic, and I think it's very possible to be classy, talented AND good with the media.

    In the footsteps of giants Roger Sutton 2009

  • And so, though I didn't say it before, having someone who is "mediagenic" would be a good idea, too.

    In the footsteps of giants Roger Sutton 2009

  • Its 'mediagenic' Rhodes Scholar president has become a poster boy for COIN enthusiasts, including influential neo-conservatives who two weeks ago featured Nagl at the kick - off of their newest think-tank, the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI).

    IPS Inter Press Service 2009

  • Its 'mediagenic' Rhodes Scholar president has become a poster boy for COIN enthusiasts, including influential neo-conservatives who two weeks ago featured Nagl at the kick - off of their newest think-tank, the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI).

    IPS Inter Press Service 2009

  • There's also a mediagenic subplot in Favre's replacement, Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

    Former ESPN analyst Phillips not necessarily done in TV 2009

  • Give me classy and talented over mediagenic any day.

    In the footsteps of giants Roger Sutton 2009

  • Classy, talented, AND mediagenic - those are not mutually exclusive qualities.

    In the footsteps of giants Roger Sutton 2009

  • And NBC couldn't have gotten a more mediagenic winning jockey.

    Kentucky Derby show has winners across board 2010

  • Tuesday, the NFL announced Brett Favre's Vikings (vs. Arizona) will replace the originally scheduled mediagenic New England vs. very respectable Miami in primetime Dec. 6 — hardly a move that simply saves NBC from a dud.

    NFL's Thanksgiving tradition of Detroit and Dallas makes little sense 2009

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  • Able to present a good image in the media. (from Phrontistery)

    May 23, 2008

  • “I don’t believe that public opinion is spontaneously supporting Mr. Polanski at all,�? she said. “I believe that there is a distinction between the mediagenic class of artists and ordinary citizens that have a vision that is more simple.�?

    The New York Times, Polanski Case Exposes Divisions in France, by Doreen Carvajal and Michael Cieply, September 29, 2009

    September 30, 2009