List of Contributors
Introduction: The Old Journalism
Kevin M. Lerner
Part I: What is Literary Journalism?
Chapter 1: What Counts as Literary Journalism? A Case Study of The Wire
Roberta S. Maguire and Miles Maguire
Chapter 2: Fields of Activity versus Genres in Literary Journalism: The Case of Comics Journalism in Brazil
Augusto Paim
Chapter 3: When Sources become Characters: Definers of Reality in Literary Journalism
Mateus Yuri Passos
Part II: Storytellers and Subjects in Literary Journalism
Chapter 4: Helping to Give a Subject Their Voice: The Crafted Interview and Environmental Conservation Workers
Christina Yin
Chapter 5: Advocacy, Ethics, and Objectivity: How Literary Journalism Addresses Moral Discomfort in the Reportage of Gender-Based Violence
Julie Wheelwright
Chapter 6: Making Their Place on the Bus: The Campaign Reportage of Nora Ephron, Gloria Steinem, and Joan Didion
Lori Amber Roessner
Part III: Literary Journalism and the Public Sphere
Chapter 7: Journalists without Borders: Paul McGeough and War Reporting from the Front
Lindsay Morton
Chapter 8: Attitudes toward Authority: Profiling Celebrity Environmentalists in Style
Christine Isager
Part IV: Literary Journalism and the Future of the Field
Chapter 9: Measuring Value: Student Perceptions of Literary Journalism’s Potential to Promote a Liberal Education
Jeffrey C. Neely
Afterword
Bill Reynolds
Index
Biography
Kevin M. Lerner is Associate Professor of Journalism and Chair of the Department of Communication, Marist College, USA.
This helpful new Routledge anthology offers insights into literary journalism past, present, and future. It asks important questions…Insights on Literary journalism makes a valuable contribution, helping us better understand the creation, impact, and beauty of this kind of writing. To learn, we need to ask difficult questions, explore broad perspectives, and go deep inside. This book does that.’
- David Swick, University of King's College, Canada
