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The reporter's handbook : an investigator's guide to documents and techniques.

Title
The reporter's handbook : an investigator's guide to documents and techniques.
Author
Weinberg, Steve.
Publication
New York : St. Martin's Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
Description
xxi, 553 pages; 25 cm
Subject
  • Investigative reporting > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Public records > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc
Note
  • Rev. ed. of: The reporter's handbook / under the editorship of John Ullmann and Jan Colbert (Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc.). 2nd ed. c1991.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-522) and index.
Contents
  • Introduction: Paper Trails and People Trails: An Overview -- 1. Secondary Sources: Working from the Outside In -- 2. Primary Documents: Obtaining the Best Evidence -- 3. Computer-Assisted Information Gathering and Other Access Tools -- 4. Access to Information About Other Nations and Across National Borders -- 5. People Trails: Finding and Interviewing Sources -- 6. Investigating Government: The Legislative Branch and Those Who Try to Influence It -- 7. Investigating Government: The Executive Branch -- 8. Investigating Government: Education -- 9. Investigating Government: Law Enforcement -- 10. Investigating Government: The Judicial System -- 11. Where Government and Private Sector Meet: Investigating Licensed Professionals -- 12. Investigating the Private Sector: For-Profit Businesses and Their Workers -- 13. Investigating Charities and Other Not-For-Profits -- 14. Investigating Health Care -- 15. Investigating Insurance --
  • 16. Investigating Financial Institutions: Banks, Savings and Loans, Credit Unions, Investment Companies and Their Mutual Funds -- 17. Investigating Energy and Communications Utilities -- 18. Investigating Transportation -- 19. Investigating Real Estate: Housing, Commercial Uses and Zoning -- 20. Investigating Environmental Issues -- 21. Investigating the World of the Disadvantaged -- 22. Writing Compelling Projects -- 23. The Ethics and Accuracy of Investigative Journalism.
ISBN
0312135963
LCCN
95016817
OCLC
ocm32508812
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries