parajournalismn.
/ˌparəˈdʒəːnəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌparəˈdʒəːnl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈdʒərnəˌlɪz(ə)m/ Originally U.S.
Journalism which is concerned with issues other than the reporting of factual information; journalism which treats subjects in a subjective, imaginative, creative, or personal way, or which engages with matters of speculation or opinion.
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society > communication > journalism > [noun] > other specific types or styles of journalism
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telejournalism1959
parajournalism1965
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1965 D. Macdonald in N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 Aug. 3/1 A new kind of journalism is being born, or spawned. It might be called ‘parajournalism’, from the Greek para, ‘beside’ or ‘against’: something similar in form but different in function.
1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Apr. 444/1 (advt.) ‘What is now called para~journalism—writing it the way it happened’ (Daily Mirror).
1983 J. Jones Dostoevsky i. 12 His books are at once tight and slack, claustrophobically artful and spilling out lifewards in a seemingly patternless process which I shall call parajournalism.
2000 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 24 Sept. (Commentary section) 1 Believing their biases are justified by a clear and superior social vision, they have deserted journalism for parajournalism, shaping accounts of events with ‘explanatory’ information designed to color the impact of their stories.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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