探訪

たんぼう
searching
hunting for news story
journalist

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たんぼう【探訪】

¶東京の下町を～する

look into the conditions of old downtown Tokyo

¶ → 探訪記事

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たんぼう【探訪】

on-site [on-the-spot] inquiry [investigation]; fieldwork; firsthand inquiry.

～する (visit a place and) make (private) inquiries; inquire into 《a matter》.

●彼女は不況にもめげない町工場を探訪して記事にまとめた. She put together an article based on firsthand inquiries at small factories that haven't been put out of business by the recession.

社会探訪 social fieldwork; a firsthand inquiry into social conditions in a community.

探訪記事 a firsthand report; an article [a report] based on fieldwork [on-the-spot inquiry, firsthand inquiry]; investigative reporting.

●探訪記事を取る get firsthand information for a 《newspaper》 report; do some investigative reporting.

探訪記者 an investigative reporter.

●探訪記者の仕事 an assignment to go out and dig up facts.