photojournalism


pho·to·jour·nal·ism

noun \ˌfō-tō-ˈjər-nə-ˌli-zəm\

Definition of PHOTOJOURNALISM

: journalism in which written copy is subordinate to pictorial usually photographic presentation of news stories or in which a high proportion of pictorial presentation is used; broadly : news photography
pho·to·jour·nal·ist \-nə-list\ noun
pho·to·jour·nal·is·tic \-ˌjər-nə-ˈlis-tik\ adjective

First Known Use of PHOTOJOURNALISM

1938

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