Journalism, WIL-’BR
Extra, extra! Although the content and style of journalism and the medium through which it is delivered have varied significantly over the years, journalism has always given us a way to keep up with current events, so that we always have our fingers on the pulse.
Journalism Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Wilkerson, Isabel
Isabel Wilkerson is known for chronicling the lives of unsung African Americans and exposing deeply embedded systems......
Wilkes, John
John Wilkes was an outspoken 18th-century journalist and popular London politician who came to be regarded as a......
Will, George
George Will is an American journalist and pundit known for espousing political conservatism, particularly in his......
Wills, Garry
Garry Wills is an American historian, journalist, and author of provocative books on Roman Catholicism, history,......
Winchell, Walter
Walter Winchell was a U.S. journalist and broadcaster whose newspaper columns and radio broadcasts containing news......
Wintour, Anna
Anna Wintour is a British editor and influential figure in the global fashion industry. As the longtime editor......
Wise, John
John Wise was a colonial American Congregational minister, theologian, and pamphleteer in support of liberal church......
Wispelaere, Paul de
Paul de Wispelaere was a Flemish novelist, essayist, and critic whose avant-garde works examined the individual’s......
Wolfe, Tom
Tom Wolfe was an American novelist, journalist, and social commentator who was a leading critic of contemporary......
Wolff, Tobias
Tobias Wolff is an American writer who is primarily known for his memoirs and for his short stories, in which many......
Wood, Mrs. Henry
Mrs. Henry Wood was an English novelist who wrote the sensational and extremely popular East Lynne (1861), a melodramatic......
Woodcock, George
George Woodcock was a Canadian poet, critic, historian, travel writer, playwright, scriptwriter, and editor, whose......
Woodward, Bob
Bob Woodward is an American journalist and author who, with Carl Bernstein, earned a Pulitzer Prize for The Washington......
Woolf, Leonard
Leonard Woolf was a British publisher, political worker, journalist, and internationalist who influenced literary......
Woolf, Virginia
Virginia Woolf was an English writer whose novels, through their nonlinear approaches to narrative, exerted a major......
Woollcott, Alexander
Alexander Woollcott was an American author, critic, and actor known for his acerbic wit. A large, portly man, he......
Wyss, Johann Rudolf
Johann Rudolf Wyss was a folklorist, editor, and writer, remembered for his collections of Swiss folklore and for......
Xia Yan
Xia Yan was a Chinese writer, journalist, and playwright known for his leftist plays and films. Xia was sent to......
Xu Zhimo
Xu Zhimo was a Chinese poet who strove to loosen Chinese poetry from its traditional forms and to reshape it under......
Yachimovich, Shelly
Shelly Yachimovich is an Israeli politician and journalist who served as leader of the Israel Labour Party from......
Yalin-Mor, Nathan
Nathan Yalin-Mor was an Israeli journalist and political figure best known as a leader of the Stern Gang, a Zionist......
Yamazaki Sōkan
Yamazaki Sōkan was a Japanese renga (“linked-verse”) poet of the late Muromachi period (1338–1573) who is best......
Yang Lan
Yang Lan is a Chinese businesswoman and television journalist who was considered one of China’s most powerful women......
Yates, Edmund Hodgson
Edmund Hodgson Yates was an English journalist and novelist who made both the gossip column and the society paper......
Ye Shengtao
Ye Shengtao was a Chinese writer and teacher known primarily for his vernacular fiction. Ye taught at primary schools......
yellow journalism
Yellow journalism is a term coined in the 1890s to describe sensational coverage of events in newspapers to attract......
Yonge, Charlotte M.
Charlotte M. Yonge was an English novelist who dedicated her talents as a writer to the service of the church.......
Young, Arthur
Arthur Young was a prolific English writer on agriculture, politics, and economics. Besides his books on agricultural......
Yust, Walter
Walter Yust was an American journalist and editor, editor in chief of all publications of the Encyclopædia Britannica......
Zach, Franz Xaver von
Franz Xaver von Zach was a German Hungarian astronomer noted for being the nexus of astronomical information in......
Zagajewski, Adam
Adam Zagajewski was a Polish poet, novelist, and essayist whose works were grounded in the turbulent history of......
Zenger, John Peter
John Peter Zenger was a New York printer and journalist whose famous acquittal in a libel suit (1735) established......
Zenodotus Of Ephesus
Zenodotus Of Ephesus was a Greek grammarian and the first superintendent (from c. 284 bc) of the library at Alexandria,......
Zhang Tianyi
Zhang Tianyi was a Chinese writer whose brilliant, socially realistic short stories achieved considerable renown......
Zheng Zhenduo
Zheng Zhenduo was a literary historian of Chinese vernacular literature who was instrumental in promoting the “new......
Zhu Yizun
Zhu Yizun was a Chinese scholar and poet who helped revive the ci song form during the early Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12).......
Zukofsky, Louis
Louis Zukofsky was an American poet, the founder of Objectivist poetry and author of the massive poem “A.” The......
Ōtomo Yakamochi
Ōtomo Yakamochi was a Japanese poet and the compiler of the Man’yōshū. Born into a family known for having supplied......
Şinasi, İbrahim
İbrahim Şinasi was a writer who founded and led a Western movement in 19th-century Turkish literature. Şinasi became......
Šenoa, August
August Šenoa was a Croatian novelist, critic, editor, poet, and dramatist who urged the modernization and improvement......
Ḥammād al-Rāwiyah
Ḥammād al-Rāwiyah was an anthologist of Arab antiquities credited with collecting the seven early odes known as......
’Brom-ston
’Brom-ston was a Tibetan Buddhist, member of the school of the 11th-century reformer Atīśa. He translated much......