Degas and his dance images as a form of New Media journalism

UnrestrictedThroughout the history of journalism, there has been an argument between complete objectivity versus including a clear perspective in journalistic news pieces. New Media journalism takes the idea of journalism articles written with a clear and defined perspective and places them within the realm of today 's technology. Examples of New Media journalism would be blogging, photo journalism, video journalism, digital art journalism etc.; As a member of the French Impressionist group, which was known for eschewing the rules of the formal, established Art Academy in France, Edgar Degas created a unique series of dancer images taken from his own experiences studying the Paris ballet. His paintings represent a clear and defined point of view and reveal hidden aspects of the dancers ' world. Because Degas worked to expose these elements of the Paris ballet by using diverse and engaging techniques in his paintings, he could be classified as a new media journalist for his time