journalistic
adjective
jour·nal·is·tic
ˌjər-nə-ˈli-stik 
: of, relating to, or characteristic of journalism or journalists
journalistic principles
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McKenna, working this time without the safety net of direct source material, has composed a shiny soap-bubble satire of a doom-laden cultural and journalistic landscape.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Luckily for her, Andy Sachs (Hathaway), her former assistant, is back on the job market — in the film’s opening scenes, while receiving an award for journalistic excellence at a lavish ceremony, Andy and her whole team are fired by text message.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
But a glimpse at an earlier journalistic universe—newspapers in the era before social media—shows the dishonesty at the center of the project to treat the plain meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment as up for grabs.
—Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Our combined experience spans over 25 years of journalistic rigor.
—Alora Bopray, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Luckily for her, Andy Sachs (Hathaway), her former assistant, is back on the job market — in the film’s opening scenes, while receiving an award for journalistic excellence at a lavish ceremony, Andy and her whole team are fired by text message.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
But a glimpse at an earlier journalistic universe—newspapers in the era before social media—shows the dishonesty at the center of the project to treat the plain meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment as up for grabs.
—Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Our combined experience spans over 25 years of journalistic rigor.
—Alora Bopray, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for journalistic
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“Journalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalistic. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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