Journalese (Noun)
Meaning
The style in which newspapers are written.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The writing was replete with sensational journalese that screamed headlines but delivered little in the way of real journalism.
- Newspapers these days often confuse investigative journalism with breathless journalese.
- Readers with any sort of sophistication easily saw through the pablum disguised as analysis, tainted as it was by typical journalese.
- Critics contended that the article was more journalese than journalism, designed to inflame rather than inform.
- After some years of studying the subject the trainee journalist recognized that journalese couldn't be relied on for accurate or even truthful information.