frowny-face journalism

Frowny-face journalism is a subset of the more general human interest story, which takes some boring, abstract, impersonal policy change or social problem, uses a large photo to illustrate the sadness of the story (e.g.crying children whose playcentre is closing or an old couple who are being forced out of their subsidised housing). As a consequence, readers automatically know what to think about the story - generally 'awwwww'. This is bad enough in itself, but there is an added danger: that of taking the analogy between the sad individual and the social issue too far.
Reading such stories is a common cause of news-rage

Example of a frowny-face journalism piece from the New Zealand Herald "Bruce Burgess, 60 years old and a qualified engineer, has been busy his entire adult life. Aside from a couple of years overseas in the early 1970s, he has worked, paid his taxes and saved his money.
His wife Jo has held down regular work as an office administrator and accounts person. Neither of them smoke, they don't take extravagant holidays, and drink only occasionally."
It makes you go "awwww"

by Springbok28 July 23, 2009

Journalista

A person dedicated to the persuit of writing and journalism with a particular interest in the highest quality of writing, debate and cutting edge trends in new media.

Developed from recent lexicon Fashionista meaning dedicated follower of fashion.

- Damn I sent this girl I really fancy a text and she sent it back to me with corrections, thentweeted it with corrections and put it on her Facebook page!

Ooh that girl is a real Journalista

by HSutton February 12, 2010

Junk Journalism

Junk journalism: a news story that is written without adequate research, investigation or information before publication. Junk journalism is aimed to promote traffic to news site or to get public patronage by fabricating alarming pack of lies to newsreaders.

Junk Journalism: armchair journalist, make-up journalism

by Stop corruption. July 28, 2014

Journalism

v. The act of publishing what multinational corporations want us to know.

Ah, more news that doesn't talk at all about corruption or the real issues facing America. Good, good, this is the best Journalism money could buy!

by CommandoDude October 25, 2010

Wreck this Journal

The point of this journal is to DESTROY it. Any way, shape or form will work. Fill the pages with doodles, thoughts, experiments and ways to wreck the journal

ie Play Ultimate Frisbee with the journal
The more wrecked up the better.

Let's toss this 'Wreck this Journal' journal through fire!

by wreckin' it January 26, 2012

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.

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.

by eastcoastpaperboy February 17, 2010