reportage

noun

re·​port·​age ri-ˈpȯr-tij How to pronounce reportage (audio)
 especially for sense 2  ˌre-pər-ˈtäzh,
ˌre-ˌpȯr-ˈtäzh How to pronounce reportage (audio)
1
a
: the act or process of reporting news
b
: something (such as news) that is reported
2
: writing intended to give an account of observed or documented events

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His essays and reportage have appeared in The Atlantic, GQ, USA Today and Los Angeles Magazine, among other publications. Will Bahr, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025 Mood Machine is a combination of reportage, history, and analysis. Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025 The late twenty-tens genre of #MeToo reportage cannot thrive on today’s volatile Internet. Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 Any question of slick craftsmanship overriding reportage, however, gets quickly overridden by hair-raising sequences in which camera phones record efforts right in the middle of aerial onslaughts. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for reportage 

Word History

Etymology

French, from reporter to report

First Known Use

circa 1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of reportage was circa 1864

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“Reportage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reportage. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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