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Access journalism

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In journalism & media, access journalism means: Journalism shaped by maintaining access to powerful sources, potentially at the expense of scrutiny.

In Turkish: erişimi korumaya dayalı habercilik

How it is used

Often used critically; explain the dependence or compromise rather than treating every exclusive interview as suspect.

Example sentences

  1. Critics called it access journalism when the profile avoided questions about the director's failures.

    The concern is whether continued access shapes what can be asked.

  2. She feared that relying on private briefings would pull the bureau toward access journalism.

    Dependence on privileged information may weaken independent scrutiny.

Common collocations

  • criticise access journalism
  • risks of access journalism
  • reliance on access journalism
  • sourceA person, document or organisation that gives a journalist information for a story; also the place where a piece of information comes from.
  • objectivityThe principle of reporting facts as they are, without letting the journalist's own feelings, opinions or interests shape the story.

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