New Journalism

American  

noun

1. journalism containing the writer's personal opinions and reactions and often fictional asides as added color.

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New Journalism British  

noun

1. a style of journalism originating in the US in the 1960s, which uses techniques borrowed from fiction to portray a situation or event as vividly as possible

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Other Word Forms

• New Journalist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of New Journalism

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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New Journalism

Wolfe had made a name with his full-throated New Journalism dispatches of the 1960s and ’70s, which adopted the techniques of fiction to describe a postwar world that seemed increasingly outlandish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

With her iconic 1960s and ‘70s essays about Los Angeles and the West, in collections such as “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” Didion helped invent New Journalism.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2023

He also reads and discusses other works, from Michael Herr’s New Journalism classic “Dispatches” to Geoff Dyer’s D.H.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2022

In Talese-ian New Journalism, vivid descriptions — style — rule the day.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2021

The story of the Batton Street tragedy had, of course, got into the papers, and had been treated there with the usual adornments of the "New Journalism."

From Marcella by Mrs. Humphry Ward