Narrating China from the in-between: Literary journalism and the modalities of objectivity in The New Yorker, 1977–2025
Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism
Published online on February 19, 2026
Abstract
Journalism, Ahead of Print.
This study examines howThe New Yorkerhas represented China over nearly five decades and how these portrayals negotiate evolving norms of journalistic objectivity. Drawing on Schmidt’s three modalities of objectivity—procedural, ethical, and ideological—...
This study examines howThe New Yorkerhas represented China over nearly five decades and how these portrayals negotiate evolving norms of journalistic objectivity. Drawing on Schmidt’s three modalities of objectivity—procedural, ethical, and ideological—...