Undercover Reporting: The Truth about Deception Contributor(s): Kroeger, Brooke (Author), Hamill, Pete (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0810126192 ISBN-13: 9780810126190 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism |
Dewey: 070.430 |
LCCN: 2011048189 |
Series: Medill School of Journalism Visions of the American Press |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (1.20 lbs) 518 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In her provocative book, Brooke Kroeger argues for a reconsideration of the place of oft-maligned journalistic practices. While it may seem paradoxical, much of the valuable journalism in the past century and a half has emerged from undercover investigations that employed subterfuge or deception to expose wrong. Kroeger asserts that undercover work is not a separate world, but rather it embodies a central discipline of good reporting--the ability to extract significant information or to create indelible, real-time descriptions of hard-to-penetrate institutions or social situations that deserve the public's attention. Together with a companion website that gathers some of the best investigative work of the past century, Undercover Reporting serves as a rallying call for an endangered aspect of the journalistic endeavor. |