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It was the first sign of the coming of the 'New Journalism', and Stead was its prophet. When Arnold wrote his article in The Nineteenth Century for May 1887 he had W. T. Stead in mind.
We have had opportunities of observing a new journalism which a clever and energetic man has lately invented. It has much to recommend it; it is full of ability, novelty, variety, sensation, sympathy, generous instincts; its one great fault is that it is feather-brained
{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)Being a reporter was another path I could have gone down, but the kind of journalism New Journalism requires is not only powers of observation but the ability to hang around people for hours and hours ... the qualities of being a real asshole ... and it's just not me.