Envelope journalism (also envelopmental journalism, red envelope journalism, white envelope journalism, Ch'ongi, wartawan amplop) is a colloquial term for the practice of bribing corrupt journalists for favorable media coverage.
The term seems to be most commonly used in Asia – the Philippines, China, Korea, India and 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.
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