found: Work cat: 2018029363: Fear and loathing worldwide, 2018:ECIP galley (literary journalists from around the world describe how they were influenced and how they adopted the style and attitude of Hunter S. Thompson)
found: 2018029363: Fear and loathing worldwide, 2018 (published book):p. 4 of cover (the radically subjective style of participatory journalism known as Gonzo; inextricably associated with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson; journalists approach unconventional material in risky ways, placing themselves in the middle of off-beat stories, and relate those accounts in supercharged rhetoric; has become an international phenomenon; fearless disdain for convention and profound commitment to rattling received opinion)
found: OED online, viewed November 2, 2018:(Gonzo (special meaning): Designating a type of committed, subjective journalism characterized by factual distortion and exaggerated rhetorical style; the exact source of events is unclear but it originated with the description of journalist Hunter S. Thompson's writing style, i.e., "gonzo journalism")
found: Merriam-Webster online, March 1, 2019:gonzo (of, relating to, or being a style of journalism marked by a lack of objectivity due to the writer's immersion in the subject and often participation in the activity being documented)