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Document dump

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In journalism & media, document dump means: The release of a large volume of documents together for examination by journalists or the public.

In Turkish: toplu belge yayımı, yüklü belge paylaşımı

How it is used

Often informal; a large release may be official or leaked, and its size does not establish authenticity.

Example sentences

  1. The document dump contained thousands of invoices with no explanation of how they were selected.

    Volume can create a reporting task while leaving provenance and selection unresolved.

  2. Reporters divided the document dump by year before checking the contracts.

    Organising a large release makes systematic examination more manageable.

Common collocations

  • large document dump
  • analyse a document dump
  • release a document dump
  • investigative journalismJournalism that spends weeks or months uncovering hidden information, often about wrongdoing, corruption or abuse of power, using documents, data and confidential sources.
  • sourceA person, document or organisation that gives a journalist information for a story; also the place where a piece of information comes from.

More terms: News Gathering and Sources

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