The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "hidden cameras" ...
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Pulling off the Undercover Investigation
Galli, et al., help you weigh the pros and cons of going undercover. From the legalities of using a hidden camera to what to do if you get caught.
Tags: surveillance; hidden cameras; undercover investigation; The Poynter Institute
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Hidden Cameras: Yours and Theirs
This tipsheet discusses the use of hidden cameras and surveillance video in your story coverage. It points out where surveillance video is often shot, and can be used when covering a story. It also lists possible story ideas related to surveillance videos - such as stories on shop lifting. The tipsheet also covers issues related to doing your own hidden camera investigations - considerations and preparations reporters should make when going this route for coverage.
Tags: hidden camera; surveillance camera; broadcast;
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Getting great video (without hidden cameras)
Eslocker provides tips on "hiding in plain sight" including suggestions on selecting the right camera for the job. He lists several cameras and includes the specs for each.
Tags: hidden camera; broadcast; video; taping; confrontations; public vs. private
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Buying Politicians, Cases in India
The author describes how he planned and executed a sting operation to show that it is easy to buy politicians in India.
Tags: politics; international politics; weapons dealers; hidden cameras
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Tricks of the Trade - Hidden Cameras to Getting in the Door
McLean's tipsheet includes a list of risks involved with using hidden cameras as well as use of hidden cameras in small markets . Tips on going undercover are also included.
Tags: broadcast; undercover; hidden cameras; investigative reporting
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Four Simple Rules to Gain Access in Sensitive Situations: All of which are easier said than done
Rubenstein lists ways reporters can build trust and gain access in the most sensitive of situations.
Tags: broadcast; access; interviewing
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Hidden Cameras and Wireless Transmitters
This tipsheet has a list of benefits and shortfalls of using hidden cameras. It also provides warnings and laws regarding hidden camera use. Chris Halsne also gives some suggestions for hidden cameras.
Tags: camera; equipment; federal law; audio; video; US code; Justice Department; Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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You too can have a hidden camera
A hidden camera is a valuable tool for the investigative broadcast journalist. Some small market stations might think that such a device is too expensive for their budget. Lea Thompson of Dateline NBC discusses a variety of hidden cameras and their costs to display that these important tools can be had by almost all.
Tags: broadcast; hidden cameras
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Legal Tips for Investigative Reporting
Here's some lawyerly advice on when use of hidden cameras are appropriate, necessary and importantly -- legally defensible
Tags: public access; fairness; public health; news gathering; email security breach; keeping documents from a source; solicit to break law; gag motion; lawyers
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Food Lion and Beyond: New Developments in the Law of Hidden Cameras
"The use of hidden cameras by the press -- long a contentious issue -- recently has been brought to the forefront of public attention by the widely publicized case of Food Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC Inc., in which a major supermarket chain brought suit against the ABC television network for its PrimeTime Live investigation concerning the supermarket chain's food-handling practices...The resulting reported decisions in Food Lion illustrate both the unsettled state of the law concerning hidden cameras, and the wide disparity with which the use of hidden cameras is treated by the laws of various states...."
Tags: Legal issues; ethics; journalistic practices