shoe leather journalism en · NOUN
Etymology
From shoe-leather + journalism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Investigative journalism done with great effort.
The novel is laugh-out-loud funny in places and also something of an elegy to the days of shoe leather journalism.
2025 May 2, Mitch Teich, “North Words: A book about a book about a book... Metafiction can be a lot.”, in News, North Country Public Radio:“A lot of it is – award winning investigative shoe leather journalism! – but not all of it.”
2024 December 29, Ed Simon, “Belt’s Top Stories of 2024”, in Belt Magazine:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shoe-leather journalism | alternative | lexicographic |