headline-grabber
noun1
Informal A person or event that attracts prominent notice in the news media.
- ‘Recidivism” – the tendency to reoffend – is a word that is largely confined to criminology lectures, official statistics and the occasional government report. It is not a headline-grabber like “hooligan”, “thug” or “teen gangster”.2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian: