reportage

noun

re·​port·​age ri-ˈpȯr-tij How to pronounce reportage (audio)
 especially for sense 2  ˌre-pər-ˈtäzh,
ˌre-ˌpȯr-ˈtäzh How to pronounce reportage (audio)
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

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Srishti Gupta Srishti started out as an editor for academic journal articles before switching to reportage. Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025 That book, Living in the Present with John Prine — out September 9th — is a mix of memoir and reportage about Prine’s life and later years. Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025 Less lyrical but more thorough than its predecessors, Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time draws heavily on that trove of harrowing citizen reportage. Judy Berman, Time, 30 July 2025 The sense is that the trial is not beneath reportage—everyone understands the need for the live feed—but beneath criticism. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for reportage

Word History

Etymology

French, from reporter to report

First Known Use

circa 1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of reportage was circa 1864

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“Reportage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reportage. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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