Having to do with journalism — with the work of reporting news for newspapers, magazines, television, radio, or online. It is an adjective, so it goes in front of a noun: journalistic standards, journalistic integrity, a journalistic investigation, journalistic ethics. Those pairings tell you where the word lives; it appears most often when people are talking about how honest and careful the work is, as in 'the paper was accused of poor journalistic standards'. It has a second, quieter use, describing a style of writing rather than a profession: a journalistic style is plain, quick, built on facts and short paragraphs. Whether that is a compliment depends entirely on where you are. Say it about a news report and it is praise. Say it about a novel or an academic paper and it usually means the opposite — that the writing is thin, hurried, and does not go deep enough.