Journalism Face 

The straightest face you can make. Usually required in situations with a terrible combination of hilarity and a requirement to remain serious at all costs.

Girl: Some woman was telling me about how she stepped on her cat and then fell down the stairs, and crushed her toddler.

Guy: Bet you had pull out the Journalism face while listening to that.

Journalism Face by commensalism November 14, 2011

frowny-face journalism 

A subset of the more general human interest story, frowny-face journalism takes some boring, abstract, impersonal policy change or social problem, takes a big photo of some sad children whose playcentre is closing, an old couple who are being forced out of their subsidised housing or, in this case, a recently unemployed man losing his home(s). This way, readers automatically know what to think about the story - generally 'awwwww'.

"Did you read that article about the sad children whose playcentre was bulldozed down and replaced with a right-wing lobby group headquarters?"

"Was it Frowny-face journalism"

"it made me go awwww"

frowny-face journalism by NZ Nanny July 23, 2009

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"

frowny-face journalism by Springbok28 July 23, 2009

facebook journalist 

Someone hiding behind a screen that thinks people read all the political crap they spew for eight hours a day.

I just unfriended every facebook journalist on my feed. These fuckers wouldn't have the balls to say any of this shit if there was a door someone could slam in their face. political idiot

facebook journalist by Dankonia February 8, 2017