Getting and using information
Doorstop
Also: doorstep
An impromptu interview, usually a scrum of reporters putting questions to someone as they arrive or leave.
A doorstop is the pack of microphones outside the court or the office, firing questions as the subject walks past. It is journalism at its most direct and least comfortable. The art is one sharp question that cuts through the noise, asked at the moment the answer matters most. Politicians train for these. So should you.