What name is given to a style of journalism that is written subjectively, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative?
Gonzo journalism Gonzo journalism Gonzo journalism is a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative. The word "gonzo" is believed to have been first used in 1970 to describe an article by Hunter S. Thompson, who later popularized the style. It is an energetic first-person participatory writing style in which the author is a protagonist, and it draws its power from a combination of social critique and self-satire. It has since been applied to other subjective artistic endeavors. Gonzo journalism involves an approach to accuracy that
First-person narrative reader's initial assumptions. The telling of a story in the grammatical first person, i.e. from the perspective of "I." An example would be Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick", which begins "Call me Ishmael." First-person narration often includes an embedded listener or reader, who serves as the audience for the tale. First-person narrations may be told by a person directly undergoing the events in the story without being aware of conveying that experience to readers; alternatively, the narrator may be conscious of telling the story to a given audience, perhaps at a given place and time, for a given reason. A story written