shoeleather

The drovers have been butchering them and called the shoeleather beef. "

Advance and Retreat Turtledove, Harry 2002

Real journalism that includes actually communicating with people - shoeleather reporting - cannot easily be farmed out to global journalists.

Sara-Ellen Amster, Ph.D.: Journalism Students Take on Role of Digital Pioneers Ph.D. Sara-Ellen Amster 2010

My old muzzleloaders have iron sights, my best rods are bamboo, and shoeleather carries me out into God's green Earth, to enjoy it all.

In Shape 2008

Stevenson was trying to make the point that he was dedicated to finding out what the people wanted, using much shoeleather in the process.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Motion to Compel Defense Counsel To Wear Appropriate Shoes”: 2009

Note that I never made it into the top tier of slicks, mainly because that would have required a bit more party-going and shoeleather journalism than I felt like doing.

Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009

He brought similar energy to his role as a salesman and used everything from shoeleather to airplanes to generate new business.

Energetic Salesman Became a Power on Wall Street 2009

This is the real stuff-the "analog" pounding shoeleather stuff journalism is made of.

Printing: Bail Out The News Industry and Investigative Journalism 2008

Transformations in information delivery have been so swift, so prevalent and so multi-dimensional that the objective, double-sourced, narrowly focused product of the journalist has had to compete with the opinion-laced, secondarily-sourced, provocatively worded opinion pieces that many people confuse with shoeleather journalism.

It is our fault « BuzzMachine 2008

I know it's a lot to ask, but if progressives hope to make the most of the country's disaffection with Bush and the GOP, they'll have to move beyond the flash and bang of the Connecticut race and look to the ones where plain old shoeleather campaigning and retail politicking will make the difference.

August 2006 2006

This is the real stuff-the "analog" pounding shoeleather stuff journalism is made of.

Bail Out The News Industry and Investigative Journalism 2008