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Old lede[edit]
Pasting here in case someone wants to salvage part of this (I'm doubtful of the first paragraph's accuracy and unsure of the relevance of the 2nd to this article, which is not the History of Journalism article)
In the last half of the 20th century, the line between straight news reporting and feature writing became blurred. Journalists and publications today experiment with different approaches to writing. Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, Hunter S. Thompson are some of these examples. Urban and alternative weekly newspapers go even further in blurring the distinction, and many magazines include more features than straight news.[citation needed]
Some television news shows experimented with alternative formats, and many TV shows that claimed to be news shows were not considered such by traditional critics, because their content and methods do not adhere to accepted journalistic standards. National Public Radio, on the other hand, is considered a good example of mixing straight news reporting, features, and combinations of the two, usually meeting standards of high quality. Other US public radio news organizations have achieved similar results. A majority of newspapers still maintain a clear distinction between news and features, as do most television and radio news organizations. Superb Owl (talk) 05:03, 6 November 2023 (UTC)