REPORTAJ (fransavi, geroIake, az anglisi gerog! — khabar dodan, malum kardan), yak janri akhbori jurnalistika; hamai materialhoe, ki dar khususi navigariho darak medihand, ba janri Reportaj dokhil meshavayad. Reportaj inchunin janri alohidai publisistika ba shumor rafta, ba guruhi janrhoi akhbor taalluq dorad. Reportyor dar khususi voqea hamchun shohid va ishtirokchii on boyad tavro naql kunad, ki khonanda voqearo aynan «binad». Dar Reportaj muhimtarin voqeaho, ki ahamiyati jamiyati dorand, tas-vir karda meshavand. Dar Reportaj voqea dar holati inkishof mufassal nishon doda meshavad, az in ru tasviri pay dar payi voqea (dinamizm) yake az khususiyathoi asosii in janr ast. Dar markazi Reportaj, simoi odamon — ishtirokchiyoni voqea meistad. Misli hamai janrhoi akhbor, Reportaj ham operativist. Dar matbuoti mo se namudi in janr istifoda meshavad: Reportajhoi ruzmarra, liriki, suratdor. Onho az yakdigar bo darajai istifodai vositahoi tasviri badei farq mekunand. Dar namudi seyumi baroi tasdiqi fikr suratho ham ovarda meshavand. Reportaj hamchun janri matbuot az khususi odamon va voqeai konkret rivoyat mekunad, ammo in rivoyat naqli oddi, nuskhabardorii biaynihi nabuda, tasviri obraznok ast. Az in ru, onro «hujjati badei» (E. Kish) ham meguyand. I. Usmonov.