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junk journal

A book handmade from memorabilia/ephemera/ photos/out of recycled or vintage material significant or visually appealing to the intended owner. It contains non plain factory made machine STRAIGHT EDGE pages instead, hand processed materials & trimmed & embellished papers made to look torn/tattered /dyed/ pre-owed/embellish by hand. Often composed with non traditional book materials as fabric/ tissue paper/vellum/ transparencies/ ribbons/ lace/ tulle/plastics or"throw away/ junk"/material. A hybrid book of an artist's journal/ scrapbook/ photo album/ personal diary. The appeal of the book lies in the WORN handmade of the book, & the unique factor that EVERY page is unique and ONE OF IT's Kind & no two pages are alike. To qualify as a junk journal, the books themselves must be UNIQUE, handmade or one of it's kind(hand-altered store bought books also qualifies) . Each book itself CANNOT be replicated in it's exact ENTIRTY( ex: handdyed tye dyed pages, collaged pages, tickets to an old event, discontinued paper products, etc). To qualify as a junk journal, the majority of the pages must be one of a kind, each junk journal itself must be one of a kind & the overall looks MUST BE handmade/unique/tattered/grungy in nature. It often serves as a nostagic rememberance/keepsake album for the intended owner & contains space allowances/ room for the intended owner to add & contribute to the personalized book.

"Let's collect all my old concert tickets and bind them into a my old hymnal and make it a junk journal," said the creative artist.

by Alice In Wonderland Reject May 9, 2019


man journal

like a diary but for very manly men

damn that’s a good idea jeremy lemme just jot that down in my man journal real quick

by ghrrrrrrrrr November 26, 2022


Gotcha Journalism

a type of journalism that's used to draw people into revealing what they didn't want to initially release, leading to the "gotcha"/"aha!" moment when the info is released.

"This is gotcha journalism, but you know what? They're not gonna gotch me!"
-Dwight Schrute.

by poplocket4969 November 10, 2021


green journalism

This term is a criticism of modern journalism. It references to "yellow journalism" - a term used for the sensationalistic journalism during the turn of the 20th century. The green refers to money and the greed of the industry and/or the pro-environmental bias.

Often as sensationalistic as its yellow predecessor, green journalism tends to appeal to our emotions, exploit our fears, and pander to our vanity. It places a political agenda in front of the quest for journalistic truth and in its most demagogic forms tolerates no criticism, branding all who question it as enemies of the people.
-Jack Shafer

by obhwfgirl August 9, 2007

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pseudo journalism

fake or false news reporting

False news reporting Betray the Public Trust.Pseudo journalism is harmful for the society.

by aghorananda November 10, 2013

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Pulp-journalism

Also known as "Pulp Journo". Can be abbreviated to "Pourno".

A post-modern literary genre, involving sub-standard, pseudo-journalistic articles, typically found on internet sites such as Yahoo's homepage.

The genre was created when random, non-researched and throw-away lifestyle articles, such as the example below, were posted in the same internet space as serious, often tragic, news stories. Here, the element of sensationalism normally found in pulp literature is often subdued in an attempt to feign scientific validity, though it can often be found in such instances as advising against shagging the milkam, as in the example below.

This uncanny juxtaposition of pseudo-scientific life-style articles and serious journalism led to the coining of the phrase "pulp-journalism" to indicate how these lifestyle articles were infiltrating a space normally reserved for serious writing.

A classic example of pulp-journalism would be Dan Juan's article '10 People you shouldn't ask out' which speak of not shagging the milkman, because you next lover will have to meet him every morning. Article originally posted on Yahoo's Homepage (25 October, 2010).

In one of the first recorded instances of the phrase ever used, a comment below the article, posted by "John" read:

"Wow, this article has just crystallised a new literary genre for me. I shall call it:

Pulp Journalism" (sic)

by stark_source October 25, 2010

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yellow journalism

Lies and/or propaganda which are passed off as legitimate journalism, though they favor one political party or viewpoint.

The NNN (Nazi News Network-another term for the Fox News Channel) believes that Michael Moore's work is yellow journalism.

by GuidoPosse69 February 22, 2005

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