investigative reporter
Scandal-uncovering journalist
An investigative reporter is a journalist who conducts in-depth research to uncover information that powerful people or institutions would prefer to keep hidden—corruption, fraud, abuse of power.
Unlike beat reporters who cover daily news, investigative reporters spend weeks or months on a single story: The investigative reporter traced the money back to offshore accounts.
The work often involves document analysis, anonymous sources, and legal scrutiny.
- FOIA requestsDemands for government documents
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- newspapersPrinted daily publications
- pressApply force downward
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
off the record · corporate fraud · fact-checking · exposé · undercover operations · Watergate · financial crimes · muckraker · organized crime · deep throat · anonymous source · confidential informant · human rights violations · correspondent · political scandals · television news · breaking news · front page
- journalisminterview, editors, student editors, school paper, news
- broadcastersbroadcaster, news anchor, newscaster, newsreader, presenter
- journalistscorrespondent, anchorwoman, news correspondent, journalist, contributor
- media peoplejournalists, journalist, editors, broadcaster, correspondents
- newspaper jobseditor, journalist, columnist, photographer, copy editor
- press writersjournalist, columnist, correspondent, editor, contributor
investigative reporterstenographer
Person recording spoken words
beat writer · aggregator · breaking news reporter · news reader · talking head
investigative reporterembedded reporter
Journalist assigned to military unit
propagandist · spin doctor · government spokesperson · sycophant · press secretary
investigative reporterdisinformation agent
One who spreads falsehoods deliberately
censor · redactor · whitewasher · gatekeeper · obfuscator
reporter, reporting, reports, investigate, reported, investigation, investigator, reporters, unreported