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Budget lockup

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In journalism & media, budget lockup means: A controlled session in which journalists examine budget documents before release while publication or outside communication is restricted.

In Turkish: bütçe belgeleri için kapalı ön inceleme oturumu

How it is used

Also written budget lock-up; the exact access, communication and release rules depend on the organising authority.

Example sentences

  1. Inside the budget lockup, reporters compared the spending tables before publication was permitted.

    Advance access gives time for analysis while release remains controlled.

  2. The newspaper sent an economics specialist to the budget lockup to check the revenue assumptions.

    Specialist knowledge helps interpret complex documents during the restricted session.

Common collocations

  • attend a budget lockup
  • budget lockup rules
  • budget lockup access
  • embargoAn agreement that journalists will not publish information they have received in advance until a stated date and time.
  • correspondentA reporter who is based in a particular city or country, or who specialises in one subject, and sends regular reports from there or about it.

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