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 "surveillance camera" ...
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Broadcast: Off-Camera Secrets for Getting Sources on Camera
"No interview, no problem. From the FBI to a suspected serial killer, here are tips on how to convince the most difficult subjects to talk."
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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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Hot New Story Ideas
Hill uses 12 past broadcast pieces as examples of stories that could be done in other markets. Some examples: bus driver assaults caught on surveillance cameras; car cloning; lead jewelry and M-rated video games. Each story idea contains tips and also contact information for the reporters who did the stories.
Tags: LASIK; recalls; DUI offenders; pedestrian bridges
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Undercover Bodywear
This tipsheet lists different camera types, recorder types, remotes, etc. that can be used for undercover broadcast investigations.
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New whines in old bottles: Taking newsgathering torts off the Food Lion shelf
This handout includes legal information pertaining to undercover reporting. Information on the defense of necessity and pertinent cases are included.
Tags: legal; law; undercover reporting
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Tipsheet No: 548
There is no handout for this session, but an audio tape is available through the IRE Resource Center at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ ire.org. Ask for tape #IRE96-66.