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Narrative journalism, also referred to as literary journalism, is defined as creative nonfiction that contains accurate, well-researched information. It is related to immersion journalism, where a writer follows a subject or theme for a long period of time (weeks or months) and details an individual's experiences from a deeply personal perspective. ==History== Truman Capote's ''In Cold Blood'' is a historic example of narrative journalism in novel form. The book was published in 1965, being therefore the second "nonfiction novel" and helped show journalists the possibility of using creative writing techniques while holding to the guidelines of journalism. The first "non-fiction" novel was "Operación Masacre", written in 1957 by the Argentine writer Rodolfo Walsh. Though Capote claims to have invented this new form of journalism, the origin of a movement of creative writing in journalism is often thought to have occurred much earlier. Characteristics of narrative journalism can be found in Daniel Defoe's writing in the 18th century, as well as in writings of Mark Twain in the 19th century and James Agee, Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck in the World War II period. Capote's contemporary Tom Wolfe also wrote ''The New Journalism'' in 1974 and is credited for popularizing discussion on the appropriateness of narrative in journalism. He cites Gay Talese with being the "father" of new journalism, and exemplifies the foundations of narrative journalism in his compilation "The Gay Talese Reader". Today, many nonfiction novels use narrative journalism to tell their stories. Print publications such as ''Harper's'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Esquire'', ''Rolling Stone'', and ''The Village Voice'' are also welcome homes to narrative journalists. Mainstream newspaper publications are still wary of supporting narrative journalism too much due to time and space constraints, and will often print the occasional narrative in a Sunday features or supplemental magazine. The definitions of narrative journalism are many and varied. Some prefer to refer to it as literary journalism, or creative non-fiction. Simply put, narrative is the way in which a story is constructed through a particular point of view and arrangement of events. The Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism, launched in 2001, aims to provide a centre for the teaching, learning and practice of narrative journalism. The Nieman Foundation defines narrative journalism as more than simply telling stories: it is a complex genre with multiple layers and contexts that, when done well, has the capacity to reform newspapers and make them essential and compelling. Broadly, some critical elements of narrative journalism include the following: • 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「narrative journalism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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