Meanings
alternative shoe-leather reporting
- uncountablejournalismSynonym of shoe leather journalism.
Why not use old-fashioned shoe leather reporting to find her sources?
2006 April 29, Down East, volume 52, number 9, page 141 more example
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 185Synonyms: shoe leather journalism, shoe-leather journalism, shoe leather journalism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of shoe leather journalism.
Origin
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shoe leather reporting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoe%20leather%20reporting
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