Historical journalism

Historical journalism refers to the in-depth research and reporting of historical events, often uncovering new facts and providing fresh insights into significant occurrences from the past centuries. This branch of journalism combines techniques from both investigative journalism and historical research.^[1] It's important to mention that most of these journalists are not historians or they don't have a university degree in history. Historical journalism is not directly related to revisionism, as the majority of cases investigate unknown facts for the first time. However, according to the dictionary, some cases that start an investigation about perfectly known facts, can be considered as revisionist.^[2]

The second part of 'Don Quixote', an important chapter of world literature and a crucial piece of Cervantes' work, it is a tipical case of historical journalism, as, few years after the facts, he narrates his meeting with Perot Rocaguinarda, a famous bandolier of his time, describing the facts in detail, even saying " he carried four pistols in his waist, which in that land are called pedreñales." This can be considered as an example of historical journalism because is based on oral sources^[3]and, there is a sufficient lapse of time between the events and the narration, the years ellapsed between the first and second parts of 'Don Quixote'.