# Lit-Journ

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Category: Literature
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:35.675Z
Tags: literature, journalism

## Summary

Some journalism is literature. The work that happens when a reporter brings novelistic technique — scene, character, voice, pacing — to the documentary task produces a hybrid that is more than its parts. Key sections include: Journalism as Literature.; Opening Where reporting meets craft.; Chapter I The first.; Chapter II Reportage and fiction.; Chapter III War and slum.; Chapter IV Down and out.; Chapter V Hiroshima.; Chapter VI The mid-century anchor.; Chapter VII Joe Gould.; Chapter VIII In Cold Blood..

## Slide Outline

1. Journalism as Literature.
2. Opening Where reporting meets craft.
3. Chapter I The first.
4. Chapter II Reportage and fiction.
5. Chapter III War and slum.
6. Chapter IV Down and out.
7. Chapter V Hiroshima.
8. Chapter VI The mid-century anchor.
9. Chapter VII Joe Gould.
10. Chapter VIII In Cold Blood.
11. Chapter IX The manifesto.
12. Chapter X Slouching towards Bethlehem.
13. Chapter XI The participant.
14. Chapter XII The observer.
15. Chapter XIII Gonzo.
16. Chapter XIV Nickel and Dimed.
17. Chapter XV Adventure journalism.
18. Chapter XVI Memory and document.
19. Chapter XVII The long-form magazine.
20. Chapter XVIII The political-personal.
21. Chapter XIX Atavist, Longreads, the Substack era.
22. Chapter XX Auto-journalism.
23. Chapter XXI Reporting at length.
24. Chapter XXII Where it lives.
25. Chapter XXIII Twenty-five works.
26. Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
27. Chapter XXV If you want to learn it.
28. Chapter XXVI Why it matters.
29. Chapter XXVII The next decade.
30. The end of the deck.

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