Literary Journalism

• Creative Nonfiction is a form of writing that uses literary techniques to create factually accurate narratives
• Literary journalism


  A form of creative nonfiction that is closely linked to magazine and newspaper writing. It is journalism, but it differs from conventional journalism in that it has a literary element. It is investigative journalism with a twist.
• Literary journalism


  • Employs journalistic methods like interviews and reviews to look beyond the straight-forward, factual and objective world that journalism produces
  • Often a highly imaginative story
  • Pushes the boundaries of what constitutes "objective reality" in order to better represent real life and real people
  • Removes "objectivity" from the reporting process to be more honest and truthful
• Steps to write literary journalism

  1. Select a topic of interest

  2. Conduct research about the topic

  3. Write a dramatic story that will catch the reader's attention

  4. Include a lead, facts/content, and dramatic ending

  5. Include details about the scene, place, sensory details, action, and dialogue
• Nibalvos (2020): 'Literary journalism is a form of creative nonfiction that is closely linked to magazine and newspaper writing. It is journalism, but it differs from conventional journalism in that it has a literary element. It is investigative journalism with a twist.'
• Literary journalism


  Also called reportage
• Literary journalism


  • Employs journalistic methods like interviews and reviews
  • Looks beyond the straight-forward, factual and objective world that journalism produces
• Solmerano (2017): 'In order to capture the setting/scene of the assignment or the character of the individual being interviewed, literary journalism employs literary techniques. It is frequently a highly imaginative story.'
• Literary journalism


  • Often pushes the boundaries of what constitutes "objective reality" in order to better represent real life and real people
  • Claims that people can't be objective because they already have their own subjective views about the world
• Literary journalism


  • Often stretches the idea of "objective facts" in order to better reflect real life and real people
  • While journalism is about being completely objective, literary journalism says that people can't be objective because they already have their own subjective views about the world
  • The writer is becoming more honest or truthful by removing "objectivity" from the reporting process
• Before writing literary journalism

  1. Select a topic of your interest

  2. Conduct a research about your topic

  3. Write a dramatic story that will catch the reader's attention

  4. Include a lead, facts/content, and dramatic ending
• Details to include in a literary journalism piece

  • Scene must takes place at a particular time
  • Place a scene happens in a specific place
  • Details a scene always include important details. These details are the sensory details which help the reader picture out the event
  • Action it includes the information about the event
  • Dialogue it includes conversation, however, this may not always the case but it is also considered one of the most important aspect of journalism