Dictionary Definition
reportage n : the news as presented by reporters
for newspapers or radio or television; "they accused the paper of
biased coverage of race relations" [syn: coverage, reporting]
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
- the reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness
- news or information of general interest that has been reported
Translations
news or information of general interest that has
been reported
Extensive Definition
Reportage sometimes refers to the total body of
media coverage of a particular topic or event, including news
reporting and analysis: "the extensive reportage of recent events
in x." This is typically used in discussions of the media's general
tone or angle or other collective characteristics.
Reportage is also a term for an eye-witness genre
of journalism: an individual journalist's report of
news, especially when
witnessed firsthand, distributed through the media. This
style of reporting is often characterized by travel and careful
observation.
Literary reportage is the art of blending documentary,
reportage-style observations, with personal experience, perception,
and anecdotal evidence, in a non-fiction form of literature. This is perhaps
more commonly called creative
nonfiction and is closely related to New
Journalism. The prose
of such reporting tends to be more polished and longer than in
newspaper articles.
Etymology
All forms have a common route, being adapted into
English in the late 19th century from the French
word of the same spelling.
See also
External links
- HERODOTUS AND THE ART OF NOTICING Ryszard Kapuściński emphasises Herodotus's ambition to understand the world, and claims his as the originator of the genre of reportage.
reportage in Catalan: Reportatge
reportage in Czech: Reportáž
reportage in German: Reportage
reportage in Spanish: Reportaje
reportage in French: Reportage
reportage in Galician: Reportaxe
reportage in Italian: Reportage
reportage in Lithuanian: Reportažas
reportage in Hungarian: Riport
reportage in Japanese: ルポルタージュ
reportage in Norwegian: Reportasje
reportage in Portuguese: Reportagem
reportage in Romanian: Reportaj
reportage in Swedish: Reportage
reportage in Vietnamese: Phóng sự
reportage in Turkish: Röportaj
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
advice,
broadcast journalism, information, intelligence, journalism, news, news agency, news medium,
news service, newsiness, newsletter, newsmagazine, newspaper, newsworthiness, press
association, radio,
telegraph agency, television, the fourth
estate, the press, tidings, wire service, word