Date of Award
2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Vesperi, Maria
Area of Concentration
Humanities
Abstract
In this thesis, I work towards reconceptualizing journalism as both literary and documentary. In Chapter One, I reframe Robert Boynton’s “New New Journalism” as ethno-journalism and define it as an ethnographic reportorial form that straddles the social sciences and the humanities. In Chapter Two, I discuss how ethno-journalism practices anthropological immersion through participant-observation work and the life history interview. In Chapter Three, I analyze ethno-journalism’s use of narrative and thick description, and argue for first-person narration to maintain accountability. In drawing the comparison between ethnography and journalism, I argue for the media and the social sciences to cultivate a stronger relation to one another. I analyze ethno-journalism’s ethnographic elements and argue for a more intentional praxis in the work and writing of narrative journalism.
Recommended Citation
Grimmett, Katelyn, "ETHNO-JOURNALISM: THE WORK AND WRITING OF AN ETHNOGRAPHIC REPORTING FORM" (2018). Theses & ETDs. 5518.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/5518