shoe-leather reporting

German translation: Schuhsohlen-Journalismus

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English term or phrase:shoe-leather reporting
German translation:Schuhsohlen-Journalismus
Entered by: Regina Eichstaedter

23:41 Apr 28, 2020
English to German translations [PRO]
Journalism
English term or phrase: shoe-leather reporting
Die Frage ist, wie lautet die korrekte Übersetzung auf deutsch: The strenght of El Narco lies in its shoe-leather reporting.
Arthur Pahl
Schuhsohlen-Journalismus
Explanation:
Die beharrliche Recherche wird oft als Schuhsohlen-Journalismus bezeichnet ... sich die Hacken ablaufen statt zu googlen.
Die ‚Schuhsohle’ ist aus meiner Sicht für den Journalisten nach wie vor das wichtigste Arbeitsinstrument», ...
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Regina Eichstaedter
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3 +4Schuhsohlen-Journalismus
Regina Eichstaedter
4Berichterstattung vor Ort
David Hollywood
Summary of reference entries provided
umherziehende Reportage
José Patrício

  

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Berichterstattung vor Ort


Explanation:
old-fashioned or traditional ; specifically (journalism) shoe-leather journalism or shoe-leather reporting: journalism involving walking from place to place observing things and speaking to people, rather than sitting indoors at a desk.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-04-29 03:07:19 GMT)
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"shoe-leather" bezieht sich auf die Tatsache, daß die Journalisten nicht im Büro sitzen, sondern tatsächlich dahin gehen, um ihre Auskunft zu sammeln

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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-04-29 04:23:36 GMT)
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der "Frager" ist als Besucher eingestuft worden, also alles Paletti

David Hollywood
Local time: 12:30
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Rolf Keller: Die Recherche findet vor Ort statt, die Berichterstattung nicht.
3 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Schuhsohlen-Journalismus


Explanation:
Die beharrliche Recherche wird oft als Schuhsohlen-Journalismus bezeichnet ... sich die Hacken ablaufen statt zu googlen.
Die ‚Schuhsohle’ ist aus meiner Sicht für den Journalisten nach wie vor das wichtigste Arbeitsinstrument», ...


    https://www.perlentaucher.de/stichwort/hersh-seymour/presseschauen.html
    https://www.lilienberg.ch/news/die-schuhsohle-ist-das-wichtigste-arbeitsinstrument-des-journalisten-1/
Regina Eichstaedter
Local time: 16:30
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16
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agree  Edith Kelly
5 hrs
  -> danke!

agree  David Hollywood: kannte ich nicht und genau
21 hrs
  -> dankeschön!

agree  Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.: Auch gerne ohne den Bindestrich: https://orf.at/v2/stories/2444009/2444016/
217 days
  -> vielen Dank, Irene!

agree  Gudula Ruehe
243 days
  -> Vielen Dank, Gundula!
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Reference comments


3 hrs
Reference: umherziehende Reportage

Reference information:
umherziehende Reportage/Dynamische Reportage
by "der umherziehende Reporter - http://brian-vogt.customer.netspace.net.au/DAZ15/index.html
Jahrhunderts so mancher umherziehende Chronist favorisierte - https://books.google.pt/books?id=yratmnvJ1O4C&pg=PA191&lpg=P...
umherziehende Künstler - https://www.google.com/search?q=umherziehende Reportage&clie...
umherziehende Barden und Geschichtenerzähler - https://www.baselland-tourismus.ch/suche/points-of-interest ...
https://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/uebersetzung/umherzi...
shoe-leather reporting: journalism involving walking from place to place observing things and speaking to people, rather than sitting indoors at a desk. - https://www.wordnik.com/words/shoe-leather
https://en.langenscheidt.com/german-english/umherziehend
Dynamische Online-Umfragen entwickeln - https://www.questionpro.de/dynamische-online-umfrage-erstell...

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.: This may be one of many aspects of 'shoe-leather reporting': The journalist moves a lot in order to get the coverage/insight required to write a serious piece. However, the 'Reportage' cannot be 'umherziehend'; the collocation is just not correct.
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