journalistic

adjective

jour·​nal·​is·​tic ˌjər-nə-ˈli-stik How to pronounce journalistic (audio)
: of, relating to, or characteristic of journalism or journalists
journalistic principles
journalistically adverb

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Intriguingly, some mainstream news organizations have started to line up creators in new business deals, hoping these digital experts represent a way of enlisting journalistic acumen without having to bring a full-time staffer aboard. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 May 2026 By facilitating a participatory culture, their collaborative nature has been hailed as producing a collective intelligence, with semi-journalistic practices that put an emphasis on processes of circulation, reconfiguration, and interpretation with regard to public information and discourse. Steve Paulussen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026 Every image and person in the film is generated using AI video tools and based on journalistic reports, photographs and eyewitness accounts, the announcement said. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 May 2026 For Dreams of Violets, every image and person in the film is AI generated, but the dramatizations are based on journalistic reports, photographs and eyewitness accounts from which AI video models were used. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for journalistic

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First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of journalistic was in 1791

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“Journalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalistic. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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