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 "undercover investigation" ...
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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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Investigating Fraud: Schemes, Scondrels and Scams
The authors discuss how to uncover and report on fraud. The tipsheet offers suggestions for documenting fraud, such as finding a paper trail or videotaping the scheme. Then, the tipsheet discusses how to turn your findings into a well-organized, effective investigative piece. Finally, the tipsheet includes useful websites for finding court records, consumer information, corporations, property records, regulators and more.
Tags: internet sources; undercover investigations; visual story-telling; story ideas; consumer investigations; crime; fraud
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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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Reporting on the vulnerable: Guardianships
Guardianships are often undercovered, and are usually a goldmine for investigative work. While the specifics of how to go about reporting these stories varies from state to state, there are a few guidelines that can help a reporter cover these stories in a thorough manner.
Tags: Guardianships; court appointed; lawyers; guardians; children; abuse
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Undercover Reporting Tips
This tipsheet contains information for broadcast journalists interested in doing undercover investigations.
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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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Tipsheet No: 703
This handout includes tips on how to do investigative work on TV and how to use hidden cameras to do undercover reporting. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org.
Tags: 4 pgs.
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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.
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Tipsheet No: 45
"Using Pictures to Tell the Story in Investigative Reporting," a two-page tip sheet, offers Scurka's advice on the open, the victims' story, visual evidence, documentation, undercover and surveillance recording, confronting a subject, protecting sources, production techniques and more.
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