people journalism

English

Noun

people journalism (uncountable)

1. Journalism taking for its subject the lives of celebrities rather than traditional news and current affairs.
   • 1991, Roger Black, Roger Black's Desktop Design Power, page 248:

     For subjects, we decided to go to pictures of people, San Francisco people, whether they were celebrities or not. This sounds like another obvious move, since "people journalism" has been a successful formula for 20 years now.

See also

• citizen journalism