The New Journalism

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The world of newspapers and magazines was shaken-up in the mid-1960s with the arrival of The New Journalism. Its freewheeling style, hands-on approach and willingness to tackle subjects unorthodox for the time, transformed how the world-at-large was written about. With the death of Tom Wolfe, its main proponent, this week, Isabel Fraser spoke to Telegraph writer Mick Brown about what made The New Journalism so effective.