Glossary
Jiang's name for Talese's immersive reporting art: living with a subject long enough to draw out a memory and shape it into resonant literature.
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literary journalism
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...greatest American writer of his generation. He practices an art called literary journalism, and no one else practices this the way he does."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...greatest American writer of his generation. He practices an art called literary journalism, and no one else practices this the way he does."
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Glossary
Jiang defines it as journalism that can itself be literature, associated here with Gay Talese's transformation of journalism and research.
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Jiang presents Gay Talese as his mentor and says Talese's literary journalism method depends on prolonged immersion with a subject until he can draw out a memory that resonates with readers.
definition
Jiang says Gay Talese transformed journalism and research by creating literary journalism, where journalism can itself be literature.
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"...greatest American writer of his generation. He practices an art called literary journalism, and no one else practices this the way he does."
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"So what he does is that he will spend hours and hours just talking with someone, trying to get to know this person, trying..."
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"...exciting day because we are officially starting the Gay to Lease journalism course. Traditionally, we've understood journalism and research as this method of just..."
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Jiang begins with Gay Talese the master reporter and ends with Gay Talese the man who learns to stare back at shame.
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A source-grounded reading of literary journalism as a two-part discipline: exploration begins when a researcher can listen until a stranger becomes a friend; reflection begins when craft becomes patient pursuit of perfection.
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