reportorial
Like investigative journalism
Reportorial describes something relating to reporters or the work of reporting news.
It suggests the methods, style, or perspective characteristic of journalism: Her reportorial instincts led her to dig deeper, The book takes a reportorial approach to the scandal.
The word often implies thoroughness, objectivity, or investigative rigor.
Article author identification
- datelineReport's origin stamp
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- pressApply force downward
coverage · columnist · editorial · anchor · broadcast · telecast · newsworthy · syndicate
Verbal account delivery
- recountingNarrating events from memory
- accountRecord of dealings
- descriptionAccount of characteristics
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
overview · presentation · rendering · chronicle · dispatch · filing · recap · writeup
Request for information
- probingThoroughly investigating something
- fact-findingSeeking verified information
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
uncover · expose · whistleblower · interviews · sources · audit · forensic · dossier
Grounded in truth
- accurateConforming to fact
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- impartialShowing no preference
- neutralNot favoring any side
balanced · evenhanded · dispassionate · straightforward · fair · detached · nonpartisan · verified
byline
Article author identification
press · coverage · columnist · editorial · anchor · broadcast · telecast · newsworthy · syndicate · feature
narration
Verbal account delivery
- recountingNarrating events from memory
- accountRecord of dealings
- descriptionAccount of characteristics
summary · overview · presentation · rendering · chronicle · dispatch · filing · recap · writeup · briefing
inquiry
Request for information
- probingThoroughly investigating something
- fact-findingSeeking verified information
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
scrutiny · uncover · expose · whistleblower · interviews · sources · audit · forensic · dossier · surveillance
factual
Grounded in truth
neutral · balanced · evenhanded · dispassionate · straightforward · fair · detached · nonpartisan · verified · documented
- narrationfirst person, second person, third person, voice-over, narrator
- viewpoint traitsimpartial, objective, biased, neutral, subjective
reportorialeditorial
Publication's official viewpoint article
polemical · commentary · partisan · opinionated · persuasive
reportorialnewsworthy
Meriting press coverage
participatory · source · subject · insider · firsthand
reportorialfictional
Not real, invented
imaginative · novelistic · creative · literary · poetic
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