shoe leather reporting
shoe leather reporting noun: synonym of shoe leather journalism.
Noun
shoe leather reporting (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, Down East, volume 52, number 9, page 14
- Synonyms:
- shoe leather journalism, shoe-leather journalism
Synonyms of shoe leather reporting
Forms of shoe leather reporting
| alternative form | shoe-leather reporting |
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Origin of shoe leather reporting
From shoe-leather + reporting.
Questions about shoe leather reporting
- What does shoe leather reporting mean?
- Shoe leather reporting means synonym of shoe leather journalism.
- What part of speech is shoe leather reporting?
- Shoe leather reporting is a noun.
Words near shoe leather reporting in the dictionary
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