The Reporter's Handbook: An Investigator's Guide to Documents and Techniques

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Summary: Excellent Source of Information
Review: A comprehensive source book for any investigator. This book delves into the controversial world of "investigative journalism" and how far the media will go to get a story. As a law enforcement investigator I am glad to have this informative book on how the media gathers and dispenses their information, it borders on criminal. If law enforcement ever gathered facts like the way this book suggests the media would be all over law enforment demanding someone' head.

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Summary: Good Reference
Review: This book reads like a text book- so if you need a quick reference guide to background checks I would recommend buying this one in addition to somehting like Dennis King's - Get the Facts on Anyone. I've just started reading it but so far it's very informative.

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Summary: Way too much
Review: This is certainly and exaustive (and exausting) overview of the field of investigative reporting. It gets a bit tiresome, though, for reporters like myself who don't see the world in the same good journalists vs. bad everyone else way that Weinberg and the IRE croud does. Nevertheless, there are some good ideas that can add punch to a journalist's reporting skills. Not a bad choice if you've run out of better books to read on reporting.