It’s one thing to walk up to someone on the street and interview them. The street is public space. The interviewee can see you coming. They see the gear you’re wearing. They know what’s about to happen. It’s not a big surprise.
It’s another thing entirely to waltz right into a business, recorder rolling, and start asking questions. A business is private property, for starters; a reporter does not have a right to be there recording. On top of that, it’s surprising to the people inside. They aren’t expecting a reporter, never mind a reporter with recording equipment turned on. Clearly, it’s a bold method of reporting and it has a name: “doorstepping.”
An episode of More Perfect, the podcast about the…
