Checkbook journalism/payment for coverage
“Checkbook journalism” and “payment for coverage” are occasionally used interchangeably, although the terms refer to different practices. While checkbook journalism concerns media businesses which pay sources for stories or information, payment for coverage (popularly known as brown envelope journalism) occurs when sources reimburse journalists for media exposure. Both practices are regarded as ethically problematic, although some argue that the habits can be defended within certain social and cultural contexts. Both checkbook journalism and payment for coverage proliferated in the last part of the twentieth century, though in different areas of the world. Checkbook journalism is mostly confined to the media in western Europe and North America and is particularly prevalent in the tabloid press. Payment for coverage is more common in developing societies. Studies indicate that although journalists in weak media economies see ethical problems with receiving brown envelopes from sources, they still engage in the practice.
Publisert i 2019
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