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Sob sister. (Redirected from Sob sister (journalism)) Sob sister was an American term in the early 20th century for reporters (usually women) who specialized in newspaper articles (often called "sob stories") with emphasis on the human interest angle using language of sentimentality.
Nov 10, 2017 · Take “sob sisters,” a term used in the early twentieth century to make fun of women journalists who dared cover the first “trial of the century“. As Jean Marie Lutes reveals, that evocative term exposed the contradictions faced by a group of groundbreaking journalists.
A sob sister is a journalist who writes or edits sentimental stories, or a person who is sentimental and impractical. Learn the origin and usage of this term from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Sep 15, 2017 · Her eight month stint as a “sob sister,” or women journalists who wrote about female criminals and were often sympathetic to their crimes (although not in Watkins’ case), inspired her to write “Chicago.”
Jul 6, 2011 · Roy Peter Clark analyzes Nancy Grace's role as a 'sob sister' in the Casey Anthony trial, a journalist who exploits emotions and sensationalism. He contrasts her with Carol Gilligan's feminist perspective and the Amanda Knox case in Italy.
sob sister, that would dog the careers of female news writers for decades. The term was coined to describe the four women who sat at their own special press table in the crowded courtroom: Wini-fred Black, Dorothy Dix, Nixola Greeley-Smith, and Ada Patter-son.2 As an early press historian tells it, journalist Irvin S. Cobb,
By Edmund Pearson. November 3, 1933. The New Yorker, November 11, 1933 P. 25. Tells of the trial of Maria Barberi who slit the throat of her lover from ear to ear because he had broken his...
