hotel journalism n. cursory, non-expert, or second-hand reporting from a sheltered location or perspective (in an otherwise unsafe place). Also hotel reporting.

cereal test n. the judgment of an editor or a producer as to whether (news) material is appropriate to publish or broadcast. Also breakfast test, Wheaties test.

make (one’s) bones v. to kill a person as requirement for membership in a criminal gang, especially if it is one’s first murder; to become a made man; (hence) to earn a reputation.

[From the Double-Tongued Word Wrester Dictionary]