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shoe leather journalism

shoe leather journalism noun: investigative journalism done with great effort.

Noun

shoe leather journalism (uncountable)

  1. Investigative journalism done with great effort.
    • “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
    • 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

Synonyms of shoe leather journalism

Forms of shoe leather journalism

alternative formshoe-leather journalism

Origin of shoe leather journalism

From shoe-leather + journalism.

Questions about shoe leather journalism

What does shoe leather journalism mean?
Shoe leather journalism means investigative journalism done with great effort.
What part of speech is shoe leather journalism?
Shoe leather journalism is a noun.

Words near shoe leather journalism in the dictionary

  1. shoe horn
  2. shoe in
  3. shoe insert
  4. shoe inserts
  5. shoe leather
  6. shoe leather journalism
  7. shoe leather reporting
  8. shoe leathers
  9. shoe lift
  10. shoe lifts
  11. shoe money

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