photojournalism

noun

pho·​to·​jour·​nal·​ism ˌfō-tō-ˈjər-nə-ˌli-zəm 

: 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

photojournalist

ˌfō-tō-ˈjər-nə-list 

noun

photojournalistic

ˌfō-tō-ˌjər-nə-ˈli-stik 

adjective

Examples of photojournalism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The play’s inciting incident has already occurred: Dahl has published a review of God Cried, a book of photojournalism about the Israeli siege of Beirut during the 1982 Lebanon war. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026

Music was one of his early creative outlets - from playing violin and viola in middle school to garage bands - then photography and photojournalism. —Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026

Community photojournalism is his passion. —Staff Photographer, Austin American Statesman, 18 Mar. 2026

San Francisco Chronicle photographers and photo editors were honored by a pair of prestigious photojournalism competitions this month. —Sarah Feldberg, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for photojournalism

• absolutism
• adventurism
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