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» BBC: Chequebook Journalism in the Dock
   Nick Higham discusses the implications of chequebook journalism following the collapse of a high-profile criminal trial, the Beckham "kidnap" case.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2957982.stm

» Miners and Media
   Crispin Hull's insight about the use of chequebook journalism as the Australian TV networks bid for the exclusive rights to the story of two miners rescued from a collapsed mine in Beaconsfield.
   http://www.crispinhull.com.au/2006/05/13/forum-for-13-may-2006-miners-and-media/

» Not likely sent: The Remington-Hearst "telegrams"
   Article by associate professor W. Joseph Campbell challenging an enduring anecdote of yellow journalism. He maintains there is little if any evidence of the exchange of telegrams between Remington and Hearst.
   http://academic2.american.edu/~wjc/wjc3/notlikely.html

» Poynter: Parachute Journalism
   Explains the damage wrought when the reporters with little knowledge or experience perpetuate regional stereotypes.
   http://www.poynter.org/dg.lts/id.4682/content.content_view.htm

» Selling the Kid: The Role of Yellow Journalism
   Historical examination of the Yellow Kid, a late nineteenth-century cartoon, and how its rise and fall as an iconic image in American newspapers was closely linked to yellow journalism.
   http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA04/wood/ykid/yj.htm

» The Jakarta Post: Pay, Training 'Key' to Ending Envelope Journalism
   Coverage of a seminar detailing methods to counter amplop (or envelop journalism) - a process where news-makers bribe some reporters to get biased stories.
   http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2006/02/09/pay-training-039key039-ending-envelope-journalism.html

» Wikipedia - Parachute journalism
   Describes an often derogatory term used to denote the reportage of mere basic details devoid of contextual issues or facts.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute_journalism

» Wikipedia: Yellow journalism
   Traces the origins of this term in the history of American press.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism