journalistic
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adjective
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Etymology
Origin of journalistic
First recorded in 1825–35; journalist + -ic
Explanation
Journalistic things have to do with writing or reporting about the news. Most journalistic stories are found in newspapers or magazines, or on news-related websites. Years ago, a journalistic job would probably be writing for a daily newspaper, or possibly reading the news over the radio. Today a journalistic career could include writing articles for various online news sites or taking photographs of current events for a magazine, or even recording an interview for a podcast. Most journalistic work is done by journalists, meaning "writers or broadcasters of the news."
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Gross trained Idealab.ai on a huge database of journalistic and professional articles, with an eye toward finding problem statements and then proposing business ideas to solve them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The brewery created the craft ale in partnership with The Assembly, which also is ProPublica’s journalistic partner in this private school endeavor, so it all felt very symbiotic.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
"She had a great mind and she had obviously that natural journalistic ability."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
I found it myself on Google Flights, then, for journalistic reasons, asked Muse to take a crack at the booking.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Forty years ago the hot journalistic topic was the “discovery of the poor” in their inner-city and Appalachian “pockets of poverty.”
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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