New Journalism was the name given to a style of 1960's and 1970's news writing and journalism which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time. 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 Stockton Thompson ,Norman Mailer, Robert Christgau and others. News style is the prose style of short, front-page newspaper stories and the news bulletins that air on radio and television. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting news regarding current events, trends, issues and people. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Truman García Capote (30 September 1924 – 25 August 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognized literary classics. ... Hunter S. Thompson Hunter Stockton Thompson ( July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. ... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director who, along with Truman Capote and Tom Wolfe, is considered an innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism. ... Robert Christgau (sometimes abbreviated in print to Xgau), born April 18, 1942, is an American essayist, music journalist, and rock critic. ...

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, Esquire Magazine, CoEvolution Quarterly and for a short while Scanlan's Monthly. The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Esquire is a magazine for men owned by the Hearst Corporation. ... CoEvolution Quarterly (later re-named Whole Earth Review) was one of the publishing ventures of the same visionary biologist (with interests in cultures and in art) who launched the Whole Earth Catalog and an early Internet community, still functioning, called the WELL. Stewart Brand is the name of this editor... Scanlans Monthly was a short-lived monthly publication, running from March 1970 to January 1971. ...

Wolfe identified the four main devices New Journalists borrowed from literary fiction [1]: Fiction (from the Latin fingere, to form, create) is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality. ...

• Telling the story using scenes rather than historical narrative as much as possible
• Dialogue in full (Conversational speech rather than quotations and statements)
• Third-person point of view (from inside the head of a character)
• Recording everyday details (which indicates the status of character's lives)

Despite these elements, New Journalism is not fiction. 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.

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. 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. Wolfe once proclaimed that New Journalism “would wipe out the novel as literature's main event” [2]. T-Bucket hot rod Hot rods are older, often historical, cars. ... The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Steamline Baby is the title of Tom Wolfes first collected book of essays, published in 1965. ...

Gay Talese at the Strand Bookstore in New York City

Journalists recognised as using the style include Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, Truman Capote, P. J. O'Rourke, George Plimpton, Terry Southern and Gay Talese. Hunter S. Thompson was a major practitioner of new journalism and Gonzo journalism, his own spin-off. Thompson's first book, Hells 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. His later work, such as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, focus more on his own experiences and emotions. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 646 KB) The author of this image is me, David Shankbone. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 646 KB) The author of this image is me, David Shankbone. ... The Strand Book Store, at Broadway and 12th Street The Strand annex on Fulton Street The Strand Book Store, located at Broadway and East 12 Street in New York City, is an independent bookstore famous for its giant collection of new, rare, used, and out-of-print books, its advertising... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director who, along with Truman Capote and Tom Wolfe, is considered an innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism. ... Photo of Joan Didion by Robert Birnbaum Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American writer, known as a journalist, essayist, and novelist. ... Truman García Capote (30 September 1924 – 25 August 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognized literary classics. ... P.J. ORourke Patrick Jake ORourke (born November 14, 1947) is an American political satirist, journalist, and writer. ... George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, editor, and actor. ... Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 - October 29, 1995) was a highly influential American short story writer, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer. ... Gay Talese Gay Talese (born February 7, 1932) is an American author. ... Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. ... Gonzo journalism is a style of journalistic reporting. ... The hard cover version of the book. ...

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. The Vietnam War was another common topic, as was the political turmoil on the homefront. Terry Southern's Grooving in Chi documented the 1968 Chicago National Democratic Convention for Esquire Magazine in new journalism manner. New journalism's techniques were also applied to less obvious subjects, such as financial markets (by George Goodman under the pseudonym Adam Smith, originally published in New York Magazine and later collected in a book called The Money Game.) Psychedelia is a term describing a category of music, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ... The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a literary journalism novel written by Tom Wolfe early in his career. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 - October 29, 1995) was a highly influential American short story writer, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer. ... Esquire is a magazine for men owned by the Hearst Corporation. ... George Goodman is an American author and broadcast economics commentator, best known by his pseudonym Adam Smith (which intentionally evokes the 18th-century economist of the same name). ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ...

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 García Capote (30 September 1924 – 25 August 1984) was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognized literary classics. ... In Cold Blood by Truman Capote In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences, by American author Truman Capote, details the 1959 murders of Herbert Clutter, a wealthy farmer from Holcomb, Kansas; his wife, Bonnie; their 16-year-old daughter, Nancy; and their 15-year... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director who, along with Truman Capote and Tom Wolfe, is considered an innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism. ... Armies of the Night book cover Armies of the Night is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning non-fiction novel written by Norman Mailer and sub-titled History as a Novel/The Novel as History The book deals ostensibly with the October 1967 anti-Vietnam War March on...

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Further reading

• Fact & Fiction, John Hollowell
• New Journalism, Tom Wolfe, ISBN 0-06-047183-2
• The New Journalism, Michael L Johnson
• The New Journal, Yale University. Publication since 1967, publishing works of New Journalism.

See also

• Creative nonfiction
• Gonzo Journalism
• New Games Journalism
• The New Journalism
• Reportage

Creative nonfiction is a genre of literature, also known as literary journalism and narrative journalism, which uses literary skills in the writing of nonfiction. ... Gonzo journalism is a style of journalistic reporting. ... New Games Journalism is a video game journalism movement in which personal anecdotes, references to other media, and creative analysis are used to explore game design, play, and culture. ... The New Journalism is an anthology of journalism edited by Tom Wolfe and EW Johnson. ... Reportage can be a single journalists report of news (especially when witnessed first-hand), distributed through the media. ...

External links

• "Superman Comes to the Supermarket, by Norman Mailer

• The Kentucky Derby is decadent and depraved by Hunter S. Thompson
• "The New Journalism," by Tom Wolfe, edited by Wolfe and E.W. Johnson, New York: Harper and Row, 1973.