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New Journalism was a style of 1960s and 1970s news writing and journalism which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time. News style (also journalistic style or news writing) is the particular Prose style used for News reporting (ie Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people The term was codified with its current meaning by Tom Wolfe in a 1973 collection of journalism articles he published as The New Journalism, which included works by himself, Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer, Robert Christgau and others. Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr (born March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia) known as Tom Wolfe, is a Best-selling Truman Capote (ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti ( 30 September, 1924, New Orleans Louisiana – 25 August, 1984, Los Angeles Hunter Stockton Thompson ( July 18, 1937 &ndash February 20, 2005) was an American Journalist and Author, most Norman Kingsley Mailer ( January 31, 1923 &ndash November 10, 2007) was an American Novelist, Journalist, Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American

Articles in the New Journalism style tended not to be found in newspapers, but rather in magazines such as The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, Esquire Magazine, CoEvolution Quarterly and for a short while Scanlan's Monthly. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry New York is a weekly magazine concerned with the life culture politics and style of New York City. The Atlantic (formerly known as The Atlantic Monthly) is an American Magazine founded in Boston in 1857 Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Esquire is a Men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition CoEvolution Quarterly (1974 - 1985 is a descendant of Stewart Brand 's Whole Earth Catalog. Scanlan's Monthly was a short-lived monthly publication which ran from March 1970 to January 1971.

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Characteristics

Wolfe identified the four main devices New Journalists borrowed from literary fiction:[1]

Despite these elements, New Journalism is not fiction. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. It maintains elements of reporting including strict adherence to factual accuracy and the writer being the primary source. To get "inside the head" of a character, the journalist asks the subject what they were thinking or how they felt.

History

Wolfe unwittingly published his first New Journalism-style article in 1963 after having trouble writing an assignment about hot rod culture and sending his editor a letter containing his thoughts on the article. Hot rods are typically American cars with large engines modified for linear speed The editor chose simply to remove the salutation from Wolfe's letter and print it as received. Wolfe's letter had the original title There Goes (Varoom! Varoom!) That Kandy-Kolored (Thphhhhhh!) Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (Rahghhh!) Around the Bend (Brummmmmmmmmmmmmmm). . . . The title was later contracted to The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby and became the title of Wolfe's first book of collected essays, published in 1965. The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (ISBN 0-553-38058-3 is the title of Tom Wolfe 's first collected book of Essays published in 1965 Wolfe once proclaimed that New Journalism "would wipe out the novel as literature's main event". [2]

Gay Talese at the Strand Bookstore in New York City
Gay Talese at the Strand Bookstore in New York City

Journalists recognized as using the style include Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, Darrell Bob Houston, Truman Capote, P. J. O'Rourke, George Plimpton, Terry Southern and Gay Talese. Strand Bookstore is an Independent bookstore located in New York City 's Greenwich Village. Norman Kingsley Mailer ( January 31, 1923 &ndash November 10, 2007) was an American Novelist, Journalist, Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American Journalist, Essayist and Novelist Didion contributes regularly to Truman Capote (ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti ( 30 September, 1924, New Orleans Louisiana – 25 August, 1984, Los Angeles Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947 in Toledo Ohio) is a conservative American political satirist, journalist George Ames Plimpton ( March 18, 1927 &ndash September 25, 2003) was an American Journalist, Writer, Terry Southern ( May 1, 1924 &ndash October 29, 1995) was a highly influential American short story writer novelist essayist screenwriter Gay Talese (born February 7 1932) is an American author He wrote for The New York Times in the early 1960s and helped to define literary journalism Hunter S. Thompson was a major practitioner of new journalism and gonzo journalism, his own particular style. Hunter Stockton Thompson ( July 18, 1937 &ndash February 20, 2005) was an American Journalist and Author, most "Gonzo" redirects here For other uses see Gonzo (disambiguation Gonzo journalism is a style of Journalism which is written Thompson's first book, Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, is a more conventional piece, and shows the beginnings of a more memoir-based approach to reportage. Hell's Angels The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs is a book written by Hunter S Gay Talese's 1966 article for Esquire, Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, was an influential piece of new journalism that gave a detailed portrait of Frank Sinatra without ever interviewing him. "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" is a profile of Frank Sinatra written by Gay Talese for the April 1966 issue of ''Esquire''. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor

New journalism writers brought new approaches to areas already covered by the mainstream press. The psychedelic movement was something that many of the writers of the period covered, such as in Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Psychedelic music is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles genres and scenes that may include Psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, Psychedelic The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a work of Literary journalism by Tom Wolfe, published in 1968 The Vietnam War was another common topic, as was the political turmoil on the homefront. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Terry Southern's Grooving in Chi documented the 1968 Chicago National Democratic Convention for Esquire Magazine in new journalism manner. Terry Southern ( May 1, 1924 &ndash October 29, 1995) was a highly influential American short story writer novelist essayist screenwriter Esquire is a Men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition New journalism's techniques were also applied to less obvious subjects, such as financial markets (by George Goodman under the pseudonym Adam Smith, in essays originally published in New York Magazine and later collected in a book called The Money Game. George Jerome Waldo Goodman ( August 10, 1930 — is an American Economist, Author, and broadcast Economics commentator New York is a weekly magazine concerned with the life culture politics and style of New York City. )

Some authors of conventional fiction switched to writing in the style of new journalism, such as Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, and Norman Mailer's Armies of the Night. Truman Capote (ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti ( 30 September, 1924, New Orleans Louisiana – 25 August, 1984, Los Angeles In Cold Blood is a 1966 book by American author Truman Capote. Norman Kingsley Mailer ( January 31, 1923 &ndash November 10, 2007) was an American Novelist, Journalist, The Armies of the Night (1968 is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award -winning Nonfiction novel written by Norman Mailer and sub-titled However, neither author ever agreed to their style's comparison to Wolfe's school of narration, nor did many others who have been retrospectively promoted as being members and therein associated. Much to the contrary, many of these writers would deny that their work was generically relevant to other new journalists at the time. This may be because, during such a politically torn period, these authors were politically across the spectrum, from the New Left to the Old Right.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Beuttler, Bill. Whatever Happened to the New Journalism?. BillBeuttler. com. Retrieved on 2007-09-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian
  2. ^ Wolfe, Tom (1987-12-18). Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the The bonfire of the vanities. National Review. Retrieved on 2007-09-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian

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