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photojournalism

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pho⋅to⋅jour⋅nal⋅ism

[foh-toh-jur-nl-iz-uhm]
–noun
1. journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
2. news photography, whether or not for primarily pictorial media, publications, or stories.

Origin:
1940–45; photo- + journalism


pho⋅to⋅jour⋅nal⋅ist, noun
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pho·to·jour·nal·ism   (fō'tō-jûr'nə-lĭz'əm)   
n.  Journalism in which a news story is presented primarily through photographs with supplementary written copy.
pho'to·jour'nal·ist n., pho'to·jour'nal·is'tic adj.
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