reportorial
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7.5
- adjective
- /rɪˈpɔːrtɔːriəl/
- Literature
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reportero
- Three were highly reportorial books: Mitchell & Ruff, about jazz; Spring Training, about baseball; and American Places, about 15 iconic American sites.
- reportorial detail
Examples
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Writing in this Americanist tradition is of necessity multivocal, reportorial, and reflexive.
Academic text (1996) -
The reportorial style of the article captured the essence of the latest political rally.
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When Johnson was asked by the European ministers what his function was, his reply was that it was only reportorial.
Academic text (1990) -
While he was officially known as the chief meteorologist, his function was primarily reportorial.
Fiction book (1994) -
Following a family like Devor's is a reportorial technique we recommend to other journalists.
Blog text (17) -
It has allied itself with the literature of exploration, stressing its own reportorial quality and reliability; about this country, we still want the news.
Academic text (2002) -
A content analysis of the Chronicle's 1995 coverage of the Enola Gay issue reveals the following: four reportorial articles describing key events and issues; three segments of the letters to the editor section carrying letters about the controversy; and two articles discussing relevant books on the issue.
Academic text (1996) -
A different, bottom-up liberal perspective is offered by Alexander von Hoffman in Block by Block, House by House, a richly detailed reportorial account of local activists in New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, and Los Angeles.
Academic text (2003) -
Current intelligence—intelligence about current events—is mainly reportorial and interpretive: "Saddam Hussein lambasted the U.S. government again yesterday."
Academic text (1994) -
As a reportorial journalist, she focuses on delivering the facts with clarity and precision.
Synonyms
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About news work and how people report events
How Journalistic
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- Literature
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reportorial comes from reporter, a person who 'reports' or 'brings news', and the ending -ial, which means 'relating to'. So something reportorial is about the work, style, or way a reporter tells the news.