19th century Newspaper
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Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
advocacy for marginalized communities
Alexis Okeowo
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Books on the history of the press
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Catharine Williams and literary journalism
Catherine Williams
Early American literary journalism
Empathy
Empathy in journalistic writing
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Fact-based reporting
Female writers
gender and journalism
history of journalism
History of literary journalism
Investigative journalism in the 19th century
Joan Didion
Joan Didion's journalism legacy
Literary Journalism
Literary journalism and social justice
Literary journalism history
literary reporting
literary studies
Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller and journalism
Must-reads for journalism students
Narrative nonfiction in journalism
Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly investigative journalism
Newspapers
Nineteenth-century literary journalism
Nineteenth-century women writers
nonfiction in journalism
readers
Reporting on asylum inmates
Reporting on the working class
social change
Social issues
Texts for gender studies
Winifred Black
Winifred Black in literary journalism
Women in journalism
Women in literary journalism
Women writers
Women's role in journalism history
Writing about mental health
Writing for social empathy
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston and journalism
Product details
- ISBN 9781625347213
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 2023
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Literary journalism’s origins can be traced to the nineteenth century, when it developed alongside the era’s sentimental literature. Combining fact-based reporting with the sentimentality of popular fiction, literary journalism encouraged readers to empathize with subjects by presenting more nuanced and engaging stories than typical news coverage. While women writers were central to the formation and ongoing significance of the genre, literary journalism scholarship has largely ignored their contributions.
How the News Feels re-centers the work of a range of writers who were active from the nineteenth century until today, including Catharine Williams, Margaret Fuller, Nellie Bly, Winifred Black, Zora Neale Hurston, Joan Didion, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, and Alexis Okeowo. Offering intimate access to their subjects’ thoughts, motivations, and yearnings, these journalists encouraged readers to empathize with society’s outcasts, from asylum inmates and murder suspects to “fallen women” and the working poor. As this carefully researched study shows, these writers succeeded in defining and developing the genre of literary journalism, with stories that inspire action, engender empathy, and narrow the gap between writer, subject, and audience.
Jonathan D. Fitzgerald is assistant professor of humanities at Regis College.
