Access journalism
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Access journalism, or access reporting, refers to journalism (often in interview form) which prioritizes access—meaning media time with important, rich, famous, powerful, or otherwise influential people in politics, culture, sports, business, technology, and other areas—over journalistic objectivity and/or integrity.[1][page needed][2]
Journalist Tom Foremski notes that access plays a role in journalism due to the reporters relying on the access to influential people, such as CEOs, to keep their jobs.[2] Though this does not always translate to more factual reporting, some companies may exploit the journalists' need for access, or encourage a level of friendliness between media and executive.[2]