Literary journalism

Literary journalism is nonfiction reporting that uses techniques such as scene, dialogue, and narrative structure to portray real events and people.

Narrative journalism: Journalism that presents reported events through narrative structure and storytelling techniques. It names the broader reporting approach that literary journalism develops through literary craft.
New Journalism: A 1960s and 1970s style of reporting that applied literary techniques to nonfiction journalism. This movement made literary methods conspicuous in American magazine reporting.
Joan Didion: An American writer whose essays and reportage examine politics, culture, and personal experience. Didion’s controlled first-person voice made the reporter’s perspective part of the account.
News writing: Journalistic writing that prioritizes timely, concise presentation of verified information. Its conventional emphasis on compression differs from literary journalism’s scene and narrative development.
Immersion journalism: Reporting made through sustained participation in or close observation of the world being covered. Extended presence lets writers build the scenes and relationships that literary journalism relies on.
Tom Wolfe: An American journalist and author associated with New Journalism and its literary nonfiction techniques. Wolfe’s essays and criticism helped popularize the label New Journalism.
George Orwell: An English novelist and essayist whose nonfiction includes documentary accounts of poverty and political conflict. His firsthand reporting joins social observation with a distinctive literary voice.
Literary fiction: Fiction that emphasizes artistic form, style, and human experience. Unlike fiction, literary journalism remains accountable to evidence about real people and events.
Scene: A bounded passage that presents action unfolding in a particular time and place. Reconstructed scenes give reported events immediacy while requiring careful factual grounding.
The New Yorker: An American magazine known for reporting, essays, criticism, and fiction. Its long-form reporting became a prominent venue for literary journalism.

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