The New Journalism

This is a 1973 anthology of journalism edited by Tom Wolfe and E. W. Johnson. The book is both a manifesto for a new type of journalism by Wolfe and a collection of examples of New Journalism by American writers covering a variety of subjects from the frivolous baton twirling competitions to the deadly serious the Vietnam War. The pieces are notable because they do not conform to the standard dispassionate and evenhanded model of journalism. Rather they incorporate literary devices usually only found in fictional works.