Comments on: Reporter’s notebook: What to do when someone tries to hide the truth from you https://johntedesco.net/blog/2009/12/22/reporters-notebook-what-to-do-when-someone-tries-to-hide-the-truth-from-you/ Investigative Journalist in Houston, Texas Thu, 31 Aug 2017 17:03:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: John Tedesco https://johntedesco.net/blog/2009/12/22/reporters-notebook-what-to-do-when-someone-tries-to-hide-the-truth-from-you/#comment-50 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:04:41 +0000 http://johntedesco.net/blog/?p=4019#comment-50 Thanks Carmen, that was another great part of the video. There’s really no reason to go off camera or off the record in a situation like that. Good lesson to remember.

]]> By: Carmen Sisson https://johntedesco.net/blog/2009/12/22/reporters-notebook-what-to-do-when-someone-tries-to-hide-the-truth-from-you/#comment-49 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:37:45 +0000 http://johntedesco.net/blog/?p=4019#comment-49 I love the part where she says she will tell him off camera, and he point-blank says: “No.”

I’m not a great investigative reporter, and this tip – to let them talk and THEN pick apart the story instead of stopping the subject point by point – is great advice.

Thanks for posting this.

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