Hotel Journalism

[Grant Barrett]

Nice find. It is similar to the "toe-touch," a trip taken by a reporter
merely to acquire the proper dateline on a story, even though all
reporting is done somewhere else or by someone else.

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org

On Jan 26, 2005, at 11:23, Dave Wilton wrote:
> Is it too early to start collecting WOTY nominees for 2005?
> hotel journalism, n., the practice of reporting on events in a
> dangerous
> place from the safety of one's western-style hotel.