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

News outlets covering the investigative reportage of other organizations and statements by public officials must take greater care not to repeat misleading claims. —Olga Belogolova, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2024

When news anchors depart or shows have been cancelled in recent years, the three main cable-news outlets tend to replace them with concepts that highlight opinion, analysis and perspective, rather than straight news reportage. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025

But while that article deploys facts, statistics and reportage to illustrate the repercussions of this lack of connection, Roy Wood cracks wise about the grocery store cashier. —Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025

But we are particularly committed to the far richer publication that emerged over time: a journal of record and imagination, reportage and poetry, words and art, commentary on the moment and reflections on the age. —David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 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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