journalistic

adjective

jour·​nal·​is·​tic ˌjər-nə-ˈli-stik 

: of, relating to, or characteristic of journalism or journalists

journalistic principles

journalistically

ˌjər-nə-ˈli-sti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of journalistic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Sacramento Bee staff includes several people who’ve brought their journalistic talents to California’s capital. — Kiara Adams, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026

My journalistic interest in the world’s favorite dessert was first piqued on a gloomy December day in 2009, when a friend and I toured a chocolate factory. — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026

News of his death, and its circumstances, has been cloaked in journalistic language that implies suicide, emulating the opacity of suicide itself. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Visitors will be part of a journalistic investigation sequence that, on Saturday, will include Central Florida Public Media journalists Brendan Byrne, Molly Deurig and Joe Mario Pedersen. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for journalistic

• agonistic
• altruistic
• animistic
• aphoristic
• atheistic
• atomistic
• cabalistic
• calvinistic
• chauvinistic
• dualistic
• egoistic
• egotistic