New Journalism

noun

1. journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.

New Journalism

noun

1. a style of journalism originating in the US in the 1960s, which uses techniques borrowed from fiction to portray a situation or event as vividly as possible

Other Words From

• New Journalist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of New Journalism¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The history of the Styles section of the New York ‘Times’—and the real New Journalism.

From The Daily Beast

New Journalism,” literary journalism, was an attempt to, in the words of Mailer, give reporting the “energy of art.

From The Daily Beast

Kelly McBride studies new journalism for the Poynter Institue, the nonprofit publisher of the Tampa Bay Times.

From The Daily Beast

Another reason might have been the dubiousness with which the tactics of the so-called New Journalism were viewed.

From The Daily Beast

Thompson was one of the creators of New Journalism, and is rightly considered one of its greatest practitioners.

From The Daily Beast

Be your opinion of the New Journalism what it may I guarantee that you will find its champion an agreeable companion.

From Project Gutenberg

Both old and new journalism to-day appears to have everything to say in favour of Rigoletto!

From Project Gutenberg

The junior reporter turned out a triumph of the new journalism.

From Project Gutenberg

Action—that is the distinguishing mark of the new journalism.

From Project Gutenberg

Matthew Arnold called him "the inventor of the new journalism in England."

From Project Gutenberg