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chequebook journalism

chequebook journalism is the alternative spelling of checkbook journalism.

Meaning of checkbook journalism

Noun

checkbook journalism (uncountable)

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

Questions about chequebook journalism

What is chequebook journalism the alternative spelling of?
Chequebook journalism is the alternative spelling of checkbook journalism.

Words near chequebook journalism in the dictionary

  1. cheque cards
  2. cheque, please
  3. chequebook
  4. chequebook diplomacies
  5. chequebook diplomacy
  6. chequebook journalism
  7. chequebooks
  8. chequee
  9. chequeen
  10. chequeens
  11. chequees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chequebook journalism (page history and authors); 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.

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