reportage

noun

re·​port·​age ri-ˈpȯr-tij 

especially for sense 2 ˌre-pər-ˈtäzh, 

ˌre-ˌpȯr-ˈtäzh 

1

a

: the act or process of reporting news

b

: something (such as news) that is reported

2

: writing intended to give an account of observed or documented events

Examples of reportage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Once paid millions per picture, Rourke now often works in low-budget genre fare and international productions, making Hollywood Hustle’s premise of stars hustling to stay afloat feel less like parody and more like reportage. —Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026

Poetry, essay, fiction, reportage, memoir… somehow all of the above and also something else altogether? —Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026

Much of the reportage in subsequent days focused on the impropriety of a president’s naming a military program after himself. —Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026

The reportage-style section, loosely referencing gushing interviews of the sort seen in Zoolander and featuring Marc Jacobs and Char Defrancesco, precedes the denouement, a fashion show with models wearing full looks from Marc Jacobs’s spring 2025 collection. —Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, from reporter to report

First Known Use

circa 1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for reportage

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