The New Journalism

The New Journalism
First edition
AuthorTom Wolfe & E. W. Johnson
LanguageEnglish
SubjectNew Journalism
GenreNonfiction
PublisherHarper & Row
Publication date
1973
Publication placeUnited States
Pages394 (first edition)
ISBN0-06-047183-2

The New Journalism is a 1973 anthology of journalism edited by Tom Wolfe and E. W. Johnson. The book is both a manifesto for a new type of journalism by Wolfe, and a collection of examples of New Journalism by American writers, covering a variety of subjects from the frivolous (baton twirling competitions) to the deadly serious (the Vietnam War). The pieces are notable because they do not conform to the standard dispassionate and even-handed model of journalism. Rather they incorporate literary devices usually only found in fictional works.