Insights on Literary Journalism

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-47283-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Reihe: Journalism Insights

Bringing together ten chapters by some of the most important scholars of literary journalism around the world, this book covers a range of topics that are key to understanding the role of literary journalism as both a practice and a topic of academic study.

Beginning with an introduction that situates literary journalism in its historical context, the chapters go on to address the basic definitional problem of literary journalism; the rhetorical strategies of literary journalists; the negotiated roles of subjects and storytellers; gender; geography; the role of literary journalism in fostering the public imagination; and the role of literary journalism in education. The chapters draw on contemporary and relatable case studies, which help readers link broader themes with their practical applications. This volume concludes with an Afterword by Bill Reynolds, editor of Literary Journalism Studies, which reflects on the preceding chapters and critically on the direction in which the field is heading in the near future.

Insights on Literary Journalism is highly recommended reading for advanced scholars and researchers of Literary Journalism as well as Literature and Media History.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lerner, Kevin M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors

Introduction: The Old Journalism
Kevin M. Lerner

Part I: What is Literary Journalism?

Chapter 1: What Counts as Literary Journalism? A Case Study of The Wire
Roberta S. Maguire and Miles Maguire

Chapter 2: Fields of Activity versus Genres in Literary Journalism: The Case of Comics Journalism in Brazil
Augusto Paim

Chapter 3: When Sources become Characters: Definers of Reality in Literary Journalism
Mateus Yuri Passos

Part II: Storytellers and Subjects in Literary Journalism

Chapter 4: Helping to Give a Subject Their Voice: The Crafted Interview and Environmental Conservation Workers
Christina Yin

Chapter 5: Advocacy, Ethics, and Objectivity: How Literary Journalism Addresses Moral Discomfort in the Reportage of Gender-Based Violence
Julie Wheelwright

Chapter 6: Making Their Place on the Bus: The Campaign Reportage of Nora Ephron, Gloria Steinem, and Joan Didion
Lori Amber Roessner

Part III: Literary Journalism and the Public Sphere

Chapter 7: Journalists without Borders: Paul McGeough and War Reporting from the Front
Lindsay Morton

Chapter 8: Attitudes toward Authority: Profiling Celebrity Environmentalists in Style
Christine Isager

Part IV: Literary Journalism and the Future of the Field

Chapter 9: Measuring Value: Student Perceptions of Literary Journalism’s Potential to Promote a Liberal Education
Jeffrey C. Neely

Afterword
Bill Reynolds

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin M. Lerner is Associate Professor of Journalism and Chair of the Department of Communication, Marist College, USA.