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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged undercover reporting

1. March 15, 2011 01:55 PM

   Brooke Kroeger on James O’Keefe and Undercover Reporting: A CJR Podcast

   By The Editors

   Is James O’Keefe a “journalist”? Does it matter? Do the political goals of an undercover reporter—or activist—affect the value of the truths he or she reveals? How does a hidden camera compare to a faked identity, when there’s a story to be told? What are the “best practices for undercover” reporting—or are there any? In CJR’s latest podcast, assistant editor...

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2. April 11, 2012 12:21 PM

   Farm to Table

   Tracie McMillan reports on the American way of eating

   By David Riedel

   The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table | By Tracie McMillan | Scribner | 336 pages, $25.00 Irritating. That’s the word that comes to mind when reflecting on Tracie McMillan’s The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table. Irritating because McMillan goes undercover in order...

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