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journalistically

journalistically

4 6.8
In a way like reporters, focusing on facts and being fair
  • adverb
  • /ˌdʒɜrnəˈlɪstɪkli/
  • Literature
translation icon : periodísticamente
  • The editor asked her to address the controversial topic journalistically, ensuring all sides were fairly represented.
  • journalistically sound
  • journalistically, ethically

But to actually berate them, to give them a hard time or even be particularly journalistically confrontational.

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Examples

  • That, I think, is journalistically defensible.

    Blog text (28)
  • "You look for an angle that has news value," he said, "and you ask, can we mark this day in a creative, exciting, and journalistically meaningful way?"

    Blog text (7)
  • So we will, in fact, be re litigating that journalistically in the pages of Reason magazine.

  • Well, journalistically, I think it was shrewd and strategic for this defining moment in history.

  • Obviously I've picked some big ones, OK, But there's others where journalistically we are what we are.

  • Miranda is a journalistically trained freelance writer and professional blogger.

    Blog text (27)
  • First, people who are in charge of handling the media tend to be both politically and journalistically up-to-date, and undoubtedly they too know the popularity of television compared to the limited audiences of the press.

    Academic text (1993)
  • In my view, the Times' coverage of Soviet Russia during the 1930s is of historical importance not merely because their reporters' mendacity was politically influential or journalistically unique.

    Academic text (1991)
  • My trying (successfully, I still think) to fix this article, to make it journalistically accurate and balanced, somewhat ironically ended up putting me in the forefront.

    Blog text (9)
  • This is a guest post by Miranda Marquit, a journalistically trained freelance writer and professional blogger working from home.

    Blog text (3)

Synonyms

reportorially
vsjournalistically
  • Literature
1 8.1

In a factual, neutral way giving only checked facts

is broader and covers general news style not only factual objectivity

How Journalistic

journalistically
  • Literature
4 6.8
reportorially
  • Literature
1 8.1

Surface Forms

journalistically positive

Morphology

journalistically = journalistic (transparent) = journal + ist + ic + ally

The adverb is a straightforward formation from the adjective 'journalistic' with the productive adverbial suffix '-ally', yielding 'in a journalistic manner'.

Etymology

Journalistically comes from the word journal, whose root means 'day', like diary which is a 'daily' record. A journalist was someone who wrote for daily papers, so to act journalistically is to act like a reporter who checks facts and tells the news clearly.