journalistic

[ jur-nl-is-tik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.

Other Words From

• journal·isti·cal·ly adverb
• nonjour·nal·istic adjective
• nonjour·nal·isti·cal·ly adverb
• prejour·nal·istic adjective
• unjour·nal·istic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of journalistic¹

First recorded in 1825–35; journalist + -ic

Example Sentences

There’s nothing for the Playbook crew to rue in this episode, and its brief write-up of the McCammond-Ducklo situation speaks to the glories of journalistic hustle.

From Washington Post

As the team continued talking to survivors throughout 2019, they searched for a way to do justice to those stories and share them in a way that honored the experiences of the sources while adhering to the highest journalistic standards.

From ProPublica

For many years, both companies have contributed to journalistic causes — helping newsrooms with their digital strategies, sponsoring industry events, sharing revenue and directing readership through various initiatives.

From Washington Post

Because we are a journalistic organization, we also polled for the “most overrated” CEO.

From Fortune

When pressed as part of Wyler’s investigation, Abraham said Barrett was hoping that Google searches would no longer surface prominent reports on her pockmarked journalistic history.

From Washington Post

So combining my journalistic and more creative instincts was the way to go.

From The Daily Beast

But Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is clearly, at least in part, a journalistic enterprise.

From The Daily Beast

Some of the magazine is very well written, likely penned by someone with journalistic or public relations experience.

From The Daily Beast

Note this is a much stricter policy than many actual journalistic outlets have for giving to actual political campaigns.

From The Daily Beast

Basic journalistic equipment was paraded before the court as if cameras and microphones were subversive weapons.

From The Daily Beast

Nevertheless his journalistic work, like his lessons at the Conservatoire, was burdensome.

From Project Gutenberg

No Spaniard takes the trouble to notice these remarkable productions of the fertile journalistic brain of a foreigner.

From Project Gutenberg

For a time, too, I dropped out of the garrulous literary and journalistic circles I had frequented.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not the title I should choose now—for since that time I have got my phrase of "mental hinterlander" into journalistic use.

From Project Gutenberg

For a time my life centred altogether upon this journalistic work.

From Project Gutenberg