Word: mencher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ruse is part of every reporter's equipment," agrees Melvin Mencher, an associate professor of investigative reporting at the Columbia School of Journalism. Mencher, a former United Press reporter, says he always carried a second wallet when working on a story. The wallet contained a social security card and credit cards to prove whatever identity he had chosen. He advises his students to assume false identities when necessary, if for no other reason than to "become a part of what you want to write about...