'The more doors knocked on, the better'
After one Houston TV station sent a memo about a no-knock policy, we asked journalists what stories (and scary situations) they found from knocking on doors.
Have you ever had a good story come from door-knocking? Was it ever scary? http://bit.ly/1lI88zv
@kristenhare Story spanning 10 years, two continents, and three true-crime cable-TV documentaries started with a door knock. I always knock.
@kristenhare Some of my best sources came from knocking, but a victim once answered the door with an automatic rifle in hand. I still knock.
@kristenhare Knocking on the suspect's door has never gotten me a story, but knocking on every single one of his/her's neighbor's doors has.
You have to try, but depending on where you go, a slammed door is the least of your worries @BenMullin @Poynter @kristenhare
@LATHotProperty @Poynter Fair point, but sometimes it might be the only way you could get a source that doesn't answer phone/email
@LaurenFCarroll @Poynter Not doorknocking, but confronted man accused of scamming hundreds while he was driving a forklift. #LessonLearned
@Poynter don't most great reporters? Intrepid @RobinsonCarol comes to mind with this heartbreaking #Birmingham story. http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/07/mother_of_baby_left_in_locked.html …
@BCT_KDoerschner Thankfully he didn't come after me. But I thought he might.
