Word.ws English Dictionary

checkbook journalism

checkbook journalism noun: the practice of journalists of paying a person or organization for the receipt of a news story.

Noun

checkbook journalism (uncountable)

  1. (US) The practice of journalists of paying a person or organization for the receipt of a news story.

Forms of checkbook journalism

alternative formchequebook journalism

Questions about checkbook journalism

What does checkbook journalism mean?
Checkbook journalism means the practice of journalists of paying a person or organization for the receipt of a news story.
What part of speech is checkbook journalism?
Checkbook journalism is a noun.

Words near checkbook journalism in the dictionary

  1. checkbites
  2. checkboard
  3. checkboards
  4. checkbook
  5. checkbook diplomacy
  6. checkbook journalism
  7. checkbook money
  8. checkbooks
  9. checkbox
  10. checkbox compliance
  11. checkboxes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: checkbook journalism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “checkbook journalism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/checkbook_journalism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.