Undercover journalism
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Undercover journalism is a form of journalism in which a reporter tries to infiltrate in a community by posing as somebody friendly to that community. Journalists who are famous for their undercover reports include:
- Hunter S. Thompson
- Donal MacIntyre
- Alex Dolan
- Nellie Bly
- Pam Zekman
- Matt Taibbi
- Günter Wallraff
- 60 Minutes and Dateline NBC correspondents
- Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickel and Dimed)
Related to this are books such as "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin, in which a white novelist dyed his skin black and traveled the southern United States, and "Self-Made Man" by Norah Vincent, a woman who dressed and passed herself off as a man.
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