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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One of the greatest essays of the 20th century, the piece launched a new nonfiction genre, the New Journalism.
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025
The kind of profile that Ross pioneered, and that gave such an impetus to the New Journalism—a genuinely great episode in American letters, breaching boundaries between reporting and narrative that should never have existed—has become something of an endangered species.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
In 1972, Hirsch left New York with a concept for a national version of The Village Voice or The Boston Phoenix, rooted in New Journalism and muckraking reporting.
—Alex Belth, airmail.news, 14 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 20 Feb. 2025
The kind of profile that Ross pioneered, and that gave such an impetus to the New Journalism—a genuinely great episode in American letters, breaching boundaries between reporting and narrative that should never have existed—has become something of an endangered species.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
In 1972, Hirsch left New York with a concept for a national version of The Village Voice or The Boston Phoenix, rooted in New Journalism and muckraking reporting.
—Alex Belth, airmail.news, 14 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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