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{{Journalism sidebar}}'''Entertainment journalism''' is any form of [[journalism]] that focuses on [[popular culture]] and the [[entertainment]] business and its products. Like [[fashion journalism]], entertainment journalism covers industry-specific news while targeting general audiences beyond those working in the industry itself. Common forms include [[Lifestyle (sociology)|lifestyle]], [[Television criticism|television]] and [[film criticism|film]], [[Theatre|theater]], [[music journalism|music]], [[video game journalism|video game]], and [[celebrity]] coverage.<ref name=getinmedia>{{cite web|title=Entertainment Journalist|url=http://getinmedia.com/careers/entertainment-journalist|publisher=getinmedia.com|access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=work-chron>{{cite web|last=Thomson|first=Scott|title=How Much Money Does an Entertainment Journalist Make?|url=http://work.chron.com/much-money-entertainment-journalist-make-18857.html|publisher=work.chron.com|access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=lapressclub>{{cite web|title=National Entertainment Journalism Awards|url=http://lapressclub.org/NAEJ/|publisher=lapressclub.org|access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=berkeleybeacon>{{cite web|last=Abry|first=Madelyn|title=In defense of entertainment journalism|url=http://www.berkeleybeacon.com/opinion/2013/10/2/in-defense-of-entertainment-journalism|publisher=berkeleybeacon.com|access-date=19 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319145230/http://www.berkeleybeacon.com/opinion/2013/10/2/in-defense-of-entertainment-journalism|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://courses.newschool.edu/courses/NWRW3611/|title=Intro to Arts & Entertainment Journalism {{!}} NWRW3611 {{!}} Course Catalog {{!}} The New School|website=Intro to Arts & Entertainment Journalism {{!}} NWRW3611 {{!}} Course Catalog {{!}} The New School|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>

== Comparison with news journalism ==
[[News|News journalism]] deals with information of current events or reports of events that have previously occurred.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/news|title=Definition of NEWS|website=www.merriam-webster.com|access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref> The main purpose of this type of journalism is to inform.<ref name=":0" /> Entertainment journalism deals with information of the entertainment industry such as films, television shows, events, music, fashion and video games among others.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entertainment|title=Definition of ENTERTAINMENT|website=www.merriam-webster.com|access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref> The main purpose of this type of journalism is to entertain.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nu.edu/ourprograms/school-of-professional-studies/journalism-film-and-entertainment-arts/|title=Journalism, Film and Entertainment Arts|website=National University|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref> In this area of journalism, however, it is not just about the pure reproduction of facts, as the Central European journalist [[Norman Schenz]] sums it up: "We no longer just write about an event, we tell stories"<ref>„Society-Berichterstattung im Wandel. Wer berichtete denn noch über Promis? (German: “Society reporting in transition. Who else reported on celebrities?) In: Wiener Zeitung 28 June 2013.</ref>

Journalists can skew facts in a particular matter that cause their story to come across as entertainment.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cjr.org/analysis/the_jinx_robert_durst.php|title=With The Jinx, where does journalism end and entertainment begin?|newspaper=Columbia Journalism Review|access-date=2016-10-17}}</ref> This action can have a profound effect on the [[consumer]], making the authenticity of the report questionable.<ref name=":2" /> Cases of this problem can occur in [[Article (publishing)|news articles]], [[magazine]]s, and [[documentary film|documentaries]].<ref name=":2" />

== Popular forms ==
[[File:Erick_McCormack_AJ_Calloway_2012_Shankbone.JPG|alt=|thumb|Entertainment reporter [[A. J. Calloway]] interviewing [[Eric McCormack]] at the 2012 [[Tribeca Film Festival]] premiere of ''Knife Fight'']]

=== Lifestyle and celebrity ===
This is focused on [[Celebrity|celebrities]] and their lifestyles and feeds off television [[soap opera]]s, [[reality television]], members of [[Royal family|royal families]], and the like.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://freshkeynews.com/|title=Journalism – Arts and Entertainment|website=www.freshkeynews.com|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.collarts.edu.au/entertainment-journalism|title=Entertainment Journalism At Collarts - Diploma|last=Collarts|website=www.collarts.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uclaextension.edu/writing-journalism/journalism/course/entertainment-journalism-journ-x-4655|title=Entertainment Journalism|website=UCLA Continuing Education|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref> [[Red carpet]] reporting and interviewing of celebrities during film festivals and award shows are part of entertainment journalism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://getinmedia.com/careers/entertainment-journalist|title=Entertainment Journalist|website=Get In Media|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref><ref>''The Future of Quality News Journalism: A Cross-Continental Analysis'' (Routledge: 2014: eds. Peter J. Anderson, Michael Williams & George Ogola), p. 112.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monster.ca/career-advice/article/reporting-from-the-red-carpet|title=Reporting from the Red Carpet|website=Monster Career Advice|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ijnet.org/en/story/five-tips-red-carpet-entertainment-reporting|title=Five tips from the red carpet for entertainment reporting|website=International Journalists' Network|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>

=== Film ===
A review or analysis of a [[Film|motion picture]] released to the public.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLV1AwAAQBAJ&q=entertainment%2520&pg=PA525|title=Encyclopedia of Journalism|last=Sterling|first=Christopher H.|date=2009-09-25|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4522-6152-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fm.hunter.cuny.edu/journalism/index.php/courses/entertainment-journalism/|title=MEDPL 239 {{!}} Entertainment Journalism|date=2017-12-11|website=Hunter College Journalism|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref> The critic's review or analysis is subjective and informative, with a focus to inform and entertain the consumer.<ref name=":3" /> Film criticism is considered to have had a major impact on the integration of the cinema into [[mainstream media]].<ref name=":3" /> It is stated that film criticism wasn't fully accepted as an art until film was widely accepted in the 1960s.<ref name=":3" /> The Internet has further advanced the acceptance of this entertainment journalism with the introduction of film blogs and film review sites.<ref name=":3" /> Some popular film review sites and blogs include [[Rotten Tomatoes]], [[IMDb]], and [[Metacritic]].

=== Video game ===
A form of journalism that covers all aspects of the [[video game]] industry. The birth of the [[Information Age|computer age]] in the 1990s forced media companies to release content that would attract consumers in the video game generation.<ref name=":3" /> Visually stimulating print [[magazine]]s were introduced into the market, covering the [[video game industry]].<ref name=":3" /> Some popular video game review sites and print based magazines include [[IGN]], [[Game Informer]], [[Nintendo Power]], and [[GameSpot]].

== Internet ==
The rise of the [[internet]] allowed many amateur and semi-professional personalities to start their own [[blog]]s and personal fan sites relating to entertainment journalism.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nowtoronto.com/api/content/3dc49974-24b3-11e9-9a63-120e7ad5cf50/|title=Why I quit entertainment journalism|last=Brown|first=Phil|date=2019-01-30|website=NOW Magazine|language=en-us|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>

The [[Me Too movement]] can trace its roots to entertainment journalism as the centrepiece of it is [[Harvey Weinstein]], a [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] mogul who not only produced independent and blockbuster films but has also worked on television and theater.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/entertainment-reporting.php|title=The decline and fall of entertainment reporting|website=Columbia Journalism Review|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Infotainment]]
*''[[Journal of Religion and Theatre]]''

== References ==
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