Envelope journalism (also envelopmental journalism, red envelope journalism, white envelope journalism, Ch'ongi, wartawan amplop) is a colloquial term for the practice of bribing journalists for favorable media coverage.
The term seems to be most commonly used in Asia - the Philippines Japan and Korea, Indonesia.
The term arose from the envelopes used to hold cash bribes, given ostensibly as tokens of appreciation for attending a press conference.
More recently, the term ATM journalism has arisen, to indicate the change to electronic transfer of bribes to journalists' bank accounts.
Famous quotes containing the word envelope:
“Geroge Peatty: I’m gonna have it, Sherry. Hundreds of thousands, maybe a half million.
Sherry Peatty: Of course you are, darling. Did you put the right address on the envelope when you sent it to the North Pole?”
—Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928)