journalist 

A holder of any one of myriad possible jobs in the field of journalism, from the noble reporter of news on down to the gossip columnist or the sleazeball who puts his byline on a press release and submits it unaltered for publication. Derives from the verb "to journalize," which shares with the public's respect for journalists the fact of being non-existent. For reasons as yet undetermined, actual respectable reporters have even embraced this vacuous label.

From what he told me about his job I thought he was some kind of hard-nosed reporter dedicated to getting at the truth and telling it to the public -- but when I asked him again what he told me was, he was a journalist. So I shot him in the head.

journalist by ak4mc March 16, 2011

guerilla journalism 

A form of journalism invented by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and Nellie Bly. It is the insatiable appetite journalists have to write stories on underreported and neglected topics in a community. These stories are often hard to swallow.

An unruly newsroom, lack of pertinent stories or an epiphany may inspire someone to engage in guerilla journalism.

Mark: Damn Tobey, that story in the paper today, on the homeless, was intense. What the hell came over you?
Tobey: I don't know, man. I guess that was some guerilla journalism.

guerilla journalism by eastcoastpaperboy February 17, 2010

JPEG Journalism 

The action of reposting a picture (or jpeg) with some text on it on a social networking site without doing any other research about the subject or determining if the content of the post is accurate. The extent of their research is simply sharing things online.

Do you see the crazy conspiracy crap Steve posts online all the time?

Yeah he does it all the time but doesn't know anything about the stuff he posts. He's only capable ofJPEG Journalism.

JPEG Journalism by THE_AE September 21, 2016

CIA award for journalistic excellence

A killing of a journalist for investigating something that they perhaps shouldn't have had, like a goverment operation or the practices of a larger company

Person 1: whatever happened to that guy that guy who uncovered that conspiracy with the CIA's involvement in the destabilization of Any country here

Person 1: He was awarded the CIA award for journalistic excellence and committed "suicide"

CIA award for journalistic excellence by Orsina August 22, 2022

envelopmental journalism 

Practice in journalism where journalists are given money in envelopes so they would write favorable reports about the person giving them money. It's another term for payola.

Envelopmental journalism is practiced by corrupt and greedy journalists.

envelopmental journalism by ARiCE September 16, 2004

Gonzo Journalism 

A form of journalism invented by Hunter S. Thompson. It involves the reporter reporting the action as he/she is in it. Elements are part experience and part fiction. The best example of Gonzo journalism is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It was a book from 1971 made into a Johnny Depp movie in 1998.

From fisrt glance, I knew immedialtely that this God-forshaken rest stop was no place for a Gonzo journalist.

Gonzo Journalism by Ron_Thornbrash June 21, 2005

Journalistical

best described as an advance in the world of journalism

That was a Journalistical advance

Journalistical by aj owns drew May 7, 2007