New Journalism
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New Journalism is a literary style of news writing that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, blending factual reporting with narrative techniques and subjective perspectives more typical of fiction.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Journalism (precursor) | 1 |
| new journalism | 1 |
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
journalism movement
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journalistic style ⓘ literary journalism ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
convey experiential truth
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engage readers emotionally ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gay Talese
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Hunter S. Thompson ⓘ Joan Didion ⓘ Norman Mailer ⓘ Tom Wolfe ⓘ Truman Capote ⓘ |
| combinesWith |
fiction techniques
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traditional reporting ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
inverted pyramid news writing
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objective reporting ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedFor |
blurring fact and fiction
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potential inaccuracy ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
| emergedInPeriod |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultural context
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individual experience ⓘ social context ⓘ subjective reality ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
literary new journalism
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New Journalism ⓘ
surface form:
new journalism
|
| hasKeyWork |
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold
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In Cold Blood ⓘ Slouching Towards Bethlehem ⓘ Armies of the Night ⓘ
surface form:
The Armies of the Night
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
1960s counterculture
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Vietnam War era ⓘ civil rights movement era ⓘ |
| influenced |
creative nonfiction
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gonzo journalism ⓘ literary nonfiction ⓘ magazine journalism ⓘ narrative journalism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
modernist fiction
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realist fiction ⓘ traditional feature writing ⓘ |
| popularizedIn |
Esquire magazine
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surface form:
Esquire
New York Magazine ⓘ
surface form:
New York magazine
The New Yorker ⓘ magazines ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
extended dialogue
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first-person point of view ⓘ immersion reporting ⓘ interior monologue ⓘ narrative storytelling ⓘ novelistic description ⓘ scene-by-scene construction ⓘ status details ⓘ stream-of-consciousness elements ⓘ subjective perspective ⓘ symbolic details ⓘ third-person point of view ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
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this entity surface form:
new journalism
this entity surface form:
New Journalism (precursor)