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documentary film
nonfictional motion picture
photojournalism
thumb|Black-and-white [[photograph of a National Guardsman looking over the Washington Monument in Washington D.C., on January 21, 2021, the day after the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States]]
investigative journalism
form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic
opinion journalism
journalism that makes no claim of objectivity
digital journalism
an occupation for journalists publishing content digitally
gonzo
genre or style of journalism and other media that is created without claims of objectivity, often written as a first-person narrative
alternative media
media which breaks with the convention of dominant media
tabloid journalism
style of largely sensationalist journalism
New Journalism
Style of journalistic writing
street newspaper
newspaper or magazine sold by the homeless or poor, produced mainly to support them, providing coverage about homelessness and poverty-related issues, aiming to give these people employment opportunities and a voice in their community
breaking news
current issue that has to be reported
muckraker
thumb|''McClure's'' (cover, January 1901) published many early muckraker articles. Muckrakers were reform-minded journalists, writers, and photographers in the Progressive Era in the United States (1890s–1920s) who claimed to expose corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions, often through sensationalist publications. The modern term generally references investigative journalism or watchdog journalism; investigative journalists in the United States are occasionally called "muckrakers" informally.
technology journalism
genre of journalism
churnalism
Churnalism is the production of low-quality or unoriginal news articles, generally by paraphrasing other sources or press releases to avoid the need for time-consuming research or fact-checking.
embedded journalism
embed journalism
human interest story
type of soft news
slow journalism
news subculture
automated journalism
form of journalism
listicle
In journalism and blogging, a listicle is an article that is structured as a list, which is often fleshed out with additional text relating to each item. A typical listicle will have a title describing a specific number of items contained within, along with subsequent subheadings within the text for each entry. The word is a portmanteau of list and article.
comics journalism
journalism in comics form
video journalism
form of journalism, shot on video
mobile journalism
emerging form of new media storytelling
advocacy journalism
genre of journalism
creative nonfiction
genre of writing
computational journalism
application of computation to the activities of journalism
community journalism
journalism genre
collaborative journalism
practice where multiple news organizations work together
conservation photography
photography genre
civic journalism
journalism done in the public interest
long-form journalism
journalism genre
medical journalism
writing on health topics
constructive journalism
journalistic approach emphasising solutions, context and societal possibilities
Centre for Investigative Journalism
organization
narrative journalism
Form of creative nonfiction
sensor journalism
type of journalism
analytic journalism
Field of journalism
interactive journalism
type of journalism that allows consumers to contribute
preventive journalism