Undercover journalism

Undercover journalism

tries to infiltrate in a community by posing as somebody friendly to that community.

Journalists who are famous for their undercover reports include:
*Donal MacIntyre
*Alex Dolan
*Nellie Bly
*Pam Zekman
*Matt Taibbi
*Günter Wallraff
*"60 Minutes" and "Dateline NBC" correspondents
*Barbara Ehrenreich ("Nickel and Dimed")


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