shoe leather reporting en · NOUN
Etymology
From shoe-leather + reporting.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Synonym of shoe leather journalism
With a little good old-fashioned shoe leather reporting, they were able to determine that some of these people hadn’t begun to vote until after they were dead.
2001, Matthew Reavy, Introduction to Computer-assisted Reporting: A Journalist's Guide, Mayfield, →ISBN, page 185:Why not use old-fashioned shoe leather reporting to find her sources?
2006 April 14, Down East, volume 52, number 9, page 14:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shoe-leather reporting | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
shoe-leather journalism · shoe leather journalism · shoe leather journalism