New Journalism
noun
: journalism that features the author's subjective responses to people and events and that often includes fictional techniques meant to illuminate and dramatize those responses
New Journalist
noun
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Sitting across from New Journalism pioneer Gay Talese (James Naughton), a living, breathing, propositioning representation of the patriarchy (at least, as depicted here), Gia is trying to find a new direction of her own.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2024
Her cool, detached prose style became synonymous with New Journalism in the 1960s and ’70s.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
Among the other interviewees are fellow New Journalism stars Gay Talese and Gail Sheehy; satirical novelist Christopher Buckley; historian Niall Ferguson; and Wolfe’s daughter, Alexandra Wolfe.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
It’s considered one of the high-water marks of New Journalism, nearly 25,000 words about a fundraiser for the Black Panthers held at Leonard Bernstein’s apartment.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
The magazine gave a home to the New Journalism of Tom Wolfe and others.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2023
But then, as in much of the New Journalism, Mailer is more concerned about describing his inebriated perspective on events than the events themselves.
—Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
The late, great Joan Didion defined for me and for countless others who desired to follow in her footsteps the concept of New Journalism, a truly literary approach to non-fiction and reportage.
—David L. Coddoncontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
The New Journalism exerts a strong influence on Chinese writers.
—Leslie T. Chang, The New York Review of Books, 21 Sep. 2022
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2024
Her cool, detached prose style became synonymous with New Journalism in the 1960s and ’70s.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
Among the other interviewees are fellow New Journalism stars Gay Talese and Gail Sheehy; satirical novelist Christopher Buckley; historian Niall Ferguson; and Wolfe’s daughter, Alexandra Wolfe.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
It’s considered one of the high-water marks of New Journalism, nearly 25,000 words about a fundraiser for the Black Panthers held at Leonard Bernstein’s apartment.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
The magazine gave a home to the New Journalism of Tom Wolfe and others.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2023
But then, as in much of the New Journalism, Mailer is more concerned about describing his inebriated perspective on events than the events themselves.
—Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
The late, great Joan Didion defined for me and for countless others who desired to follow in her footsteps the concept of New Journalism, a truly literary approach to non-fiction and reportage.
—David L. Coddoncontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
The New Journalism exerts a strong influence on Chinese writers.
—Leslie T. Chang, The New York Review of Books, 21 Sep. 2022
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“New Journalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Journalism. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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