reportage

(rĕp'ər-täzh', rĭ-pôr'tĭj, -pōr'-)
n.

1. The reporting of news or information of general interest.
2. Something reported.

[French, from reporter, to report, from Old French. See report.]

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pronounced rep-aw-tahzh in a semi-French way, now usually means 'the reporting of events for the press or broadcasting':

As a journalist, as well as a novelist, Dickens made Nicholas Nickleby into an example of reportage disguised as fiction—Yorkshire Post, 2007.

Its older meanings 'repute' and 'gossip' have fallen out of use.

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noun

The reporting of news: coverage. See words.

For a list of words related to reportage, see:

• Journalism - reportage: stories based on research or detailed coverage of documented observation of news events, including photo essays
• Types of Photography - reportage: photojournalism, esp. photo essays based on research or detailed coverage of documented observation

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See words rhyming with "reportage."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - reportage

Nederlands (Dutch)
(televisie-/ radio) verslag, het verslaan voor media, weergave van feiten in boek

Français (French)
n. - reportages (npl)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Reportage

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δημοσιογραφική ανταπόκριση ή κάλυψη, ρεπορτάζ, ειδησεογραφία

Italiano (Italian)
reportage

Português (Portuguese)
n. - reportagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
репортаж

Español (Spanish)
n. - reportaje

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - reportage, reportagestil

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
报导文学, 新闻, 新闻报导

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 報導文學, 新聞, 新聞報導

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 보도, 보고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 報道, 報告文体, ルポルタージュ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تقرير صحفي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דיווח, כתיבה עיתונאית, כתבה‬

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