"Painting with words"
This is part of the features package which involves writing a "word picture" for the reader/listener. It is the high point of feature-writing, where it comes close to being an art, and where there are overlaps with serious "literature".
It is an area of journalism where the GONZO approach does work, especially if something genuinely extraordinary is happening to you .
Masters of observational/reportage Journalism include:
Tom Wolfe, New Journalism anthology
Ryszard Kapuscinski,
"People watching" – Peter York
Picture Post tradition, ‘Color Writing’
Gonzo Journalism, Fly on the Wall type of Journalism
Reportage – an old tradition – the Penguin book of reportage; The Faber book of Reportage
Current Pulitzer winner in this genre.
Ryszard Kapuscinski,
"People watching" – Peter York
Picture Post tradition, ‘Color Writing’
Gonzo Journalism, Fly on the Wall type of Journalism
Reportage – an old tradition – the Penguin book of reportage; The Faber book of Reportage
Current Pulitzer winner in this genre.
* From Chris Horrie's notes
