reportage
noun
re·port·age
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, especially for sense 2 ˌre-pər-ˈtäzh, ˌre-ˌpȯr-ˈtäzh
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, especially for sense 2 ˌre-pər-ˈtäzh, ˌre-ˌpȯr-ˈtäzh
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This has been a major underlying factor that has driven the culture of silence, which perpetuates non-reportage of different degrees of violence within households and schools. — Fakhrriyyah Hashim, Quartz Africa, "How Nigeria’s conservative northern region came to terms with its MeToo movement," 22 July 2019 Many commentators also observed that Darroch's reportage was not that different from what could be read in almost any U.S. newspaper. — William Booth, Anchorage Daily News, "Britain to apologize for leaked cables calling Trump ‘inept’," 8 July 2019 Whereas Pogue offered a first-rate work of close-up reportage cut with first-person self-discovery that never felt indulgent, McCann, further removed in time, fully nests the takeover in 2016. — Stephen Phillips | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive.com, "‘Shadowlands’ takes a broad view of the Malheur wildlife refuge occupation as the first upheaval in a tumultuous year," 2 July 2019 His story, filled with genuine fears and regrets, reads like reportage from the psychiatrist’s couch. — Washington Post, "From Gourmet to Serious Eats, two food memoirs chronicle the pitfalls of old and new media," 11 June 2019 Some readers, fooled by its up-to-date style, misinterpret it as a piece of reportage. — Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books, "Everyday Sadism," 4 Apr. 2019 There are long critical essays, short book reviews, reportage with a literary inflection, histories, missives, diary entries, aphorisms, parables, advice, dreams, a test, fictional excursus and, yes, lists. — Zachary Fine, WSJ, "‘Attention’ Review: Anatomist of Our Disorder," 30 Aug. 2018 Is your reportage a case for Donald Trump’s unfitness for office? — Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times, "Q&A with Bob Woodward: Trump’s gambling presidency is ‘a national emergency’," 27 Nov. 2018 Chivers’s reportage writing style is fantastic in regard to subject matter. — Matt Young, Popular Mechanics, "In 'The Fighters,' A Pulitzer Prize–Winning War Reporter Strips Iraq and Afghanistan to the Bone," 9 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'reportage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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