Fleet Street

noun

1. a street in central London, England: location of many newspaper offices; often used figuratively to mean the entire British newspaper world.

Fleet Street

noun

1. a street in central London in which many newspaper offices were formerly situated
2. British journalism or journalists collectively

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fleet Street¹

1375–1425; late Middle English Flete Strete, after a nearby stream; fleet ³

Example Sentences

"I wanted to be a Fleet Street photographer, but he said, 'no, the future is in video, not stills'," Duncan told BBC London, adding: "I have no intention of retiring whatsoever. You do it for the love."

From BBC

That sort of deception, known in Britain as blagging, would years later become central to a scandal that engulfed Mr. Murdoch’s British media empire and exposed the tactics that reporters at his and other Fleet Street tabloids used to invade the privacy of people they wrote about.

From New York Times

“I grew up with the romantic vision of ‘The Front Page,’ the press cards and hats, the larger-than-life personalities of Fleet Street reporters who did whatever they had to do to get the story,” Levine said.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Lewis, a Fleet Street star, mentored Mr. Winnett at The Sunday Times of London and later at The Telegraph, where Mr. Winnett spearheaded a groundbreaking investigation into fraudulent expenses that led to the resignations of scores of British politicians.

From New York Times

But interviews on Monday with former colleagues and Fleet Street veterans presented a portrait of a scoop-obsessed journalist with a distaste for dinner parties and a passion for the Chelsea soccer team, whose unassuming exterior masks a dogged newshound who relishes tough stories on politicians of all stripes.

From New York Times