History IntrepidReporter / Literature

* ''Literature/ThebeAndTheAngryRedEye'' has a ScienceFiction variant of the trope. Tout is a young journalist who has already worked in space several times and wins a lottery to participate in a voyage to UsefulNotes/TheMoonsOfJupiter. She's also something of a CommunicationsOfficer, maintaining contact with UsefulNptes/{{Earth}} and corresponding with 58 different school kids.

* Larry Niven's ''[[Literature/TheDracoTavern Draco Tavern]]'' series includes Mark Taper, who is pretty much this. The name "Taper" is itself a ShoutOut to the use of the term "taper" to denote a roving news cameraman in some of Niven's earlier stories.
* Cameron "Buck" Williams of the Global Weekly magazine in ''Literature/LeftBehind''. He's something of a subversion of the trope, as when he discovers evidence of a murderous global conspiracy, Buck makes a DealWithTheDevil to quash the story in exchange for his personal safety.
** Humorously enough, this doesn't appear to be intentional. Not only that, but he also ignores the biggest story ever in the process.
* Stephanie Kovacs in the ''Literature/BabylonRising'' series. She is quickly promoted to DarkMistress of the CorruptCorporateExecutive who is trying to discredit the hero.
* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books have an antagonist version of the intrepid reporter in the person of Rita Skeeter of the Daily Prophet. She doesn't let the facts get in the way of a juicy story, going beyond merely ignoring what interviewees actually tell her to actually putting words in their mouths. She's also not above stealing from old ladies.
* William De Worde and his Girl Friday, Sacharissa Cripslock, fill this role in several Literature/{{Discworld}} novels, starting with ''Literature/TheTruth''. As the only news reporters in one of the most newsworthy cities in the world, they keep very busy.
* Susan Rodriguez of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' (book version). Unfortunately, her intrepidness led to lasting physical harm for her.
* Bill and Chris, in Creator/JaneLindskold's ''Athanor'' series, are led by an [[TheChessmaster anonymous tipster]] to investigate a mysterious philanthropist going by "Arthur Pendragon." Once they realize just how big of a secret they've stumbled onto, though, they decide to change careers.

* Literature/KittyNorville is an Intrepid Radio Talk Show Host who frequently tracks down her own stories and can get way too physically involved in them.
* Michael Liberty from the ''Franchise/StarCraft'' novel "Liberty's Crusade" begins the novel in serious trouble -- i.e., corrupt politician and mob bosses potentially assassinating him trouble -- over his exposés on Confederate politics, which gets him sent out to the Colonies. His attempts to discover the truth don't stop there, of course, and [[spoiler:almost get him killed at Anthem Base]] before he decides to tag along with [[LaResistance the Sons]] [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized of Korhal]].
* In ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'': Raoul Duke was with his attorney Dr.Gonzo (who may have been Samoan) to cover the Mint 400 motorcycle race. However, upon arriving in Vegas Duke and his attorney Dr.Gonzo (who may have been Samoan) found it to be imperative to get to the bottom of the American dream by any means necessary. (Including fraud, forgery, liberal drug consumption, and bribing maids to act as moles for hotel drug cartels)
* Rock in Creator/GKChesterton's "The Scandal of Literature/FatherBrown". Unfortunately, he has a few blind spots, resulting in his MaliciousSlander of Father Brown, until the priest clears up a few issues.
* ''Literature/SamHolt'': Sam's friend Terry Young, who is eager to tackle murder investigations aimed at prominent figures, and who Sam consults both before and after Terry becomes a suspect in his second case.
* Jack Parlabane from ''Literature/QuiteUglyOneMorning, Literature/CountryOfTheBlind, Literature/BoilingAFrog, Literature/BeMyEnemy'' and ''Literature/TheAttackOfTheUnsinkableRubberDucks'', all by Creator/ChristopherBrookmyre.

* Digby Driver in ''Literature/ThePlagueDogs'' is an antagonistic (and downright evil) example. He uses underhanded means to get info, falsifies it when it suits him, spreads panic, and gets the army sent after the protagonists.
* All the main characters in the ''Literature/{{Newsflesh}}'' trilogy. This is basically the only way to gather news after a ZombieApocalypse.
** Even in the trilogy, narrator Georgia Mason deserves special mention. She ''literally'' values the truth more than her own life.
* ''Literature/InDeath'': Nadine Furst, very much. It almost gets her killed in ''Glory In Death'', the second book in the series, thanks to a murderer with an envious grudge against women in the limelight.

* Documentarian Hallis Saper in ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Starfighters of Adumar]]'' fits into this role, especially as the story progresses. She ''does'' have a background in "[[{{Paparazzi}} sludgenews]]" (and learned several of her sneakier techniques from that time), but her strong sense of ethics directed her toward a more legitimate journalism career.
* In ''Literature/RachelGriffin'', Valerie Foxx ([[LampshadeHanging "Fearless girl reporter!"]]) is a teenaged version of this, camera included. Also a SchoolNewspaperNewsHound--as cover for investigating a murder attempt ''on herself.''
%%* Mikael Blomkvist from ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy''. Not surprising as he is the AuthorAvatar of Stieg Larsson, who was an intrepid reporter himself.

%%* Penny and Jerry from the Literature/PennyParker series.
%%* Celia White from ''Framed'' - the third ''Literature/{{Swindle}}'' book.
%%* Diagoras Cinna from ''Literature/OneNationUnderJupiter''.
* Charles Enderby from Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/TheSittafordMystery'' is the only journalist who managed to crop out an interview with the dead man's best friend, and later comes to the titular village where the dead man came from to investigate the case further, alongside fellow AmateurSleuth Emily Trefusis.
* ''Literature/WhodunitMysteries'' has Joshua Cole, who often has to go out and search for new information about news stories that have already been reported on, which more often than not, leads to him needing to solve some mysteries for himself.
* In the ''Literature/{{Zeroes}}'' series, Sonia Sonic is a local blogger who skyrocketed to fame when she took video of Scam using his superpower during a bank robbery, and who has been investigating the activities of Zeroes ever since.

* Heather Stone, the main character of ''Literature/{{Newshound}}'', is one of these. Given that much of the story focuses on the operations of a daily newspaper, it's not surprising that most of the extended cast also qualifies.
* ''Literature/SmallerAndSmallerCircles'' has Joanna Bonifacio, who (with good reason) not only seems to delight in exposing Attorney Arcinas' gaffes but also chases after the priests' investigation, even lending a hand with her connections, in order to grab onto a good story for her news show. This being the Philippines, however, working in media is an especially dangerous job—her father ends up dying when he went out investigating one night and never came back.
* Will Farnaby, the viewpoint character of ''Literature/{{Island|1962}}'', usually covers war-zones and tragedies. He's somewhat sceptical of the PerfectPacifistPeople he found himself among, constantly trying to find cracks in their perfection.

* Kate Reed, in several stories by Creator/KimNewman, is an intrepid reporter in Victorian London. She debuted in ''Literature/AnnoDracula'', where she gets involved in the hunt for UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. In "Literature/TheGypsiesInTheWood", she's sent to cover the opening of a faerie-themed children's attraction and gets involved in rescuing a child abducted by actual fairies. In ''Literature/SevenStars'', she gets involved in the search for a missing mummy that may or may not be carrying the CurseOfThePharaoh.
* ''Literature/{{Flawed}}'': Lisa Life is an underground reporter who writes articles meant to garner support for Celestine, dedicated to reporting the truth and unafraid of Craven's influence over the media. [[spoiler:Lisa Life is actually Pia, the reporter assigned to interview the Flawed, deciding to help Celestine while not getting caught by Craven.]]
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
** In ''Literature/JediApprentice'', [[Characters/JediApprentice Keets Freely]] tried to expose Palpatine's corrupt ties to the Separatist during the Clone Wars, causing a bounty to be placed on his head after the Empire was established.
** Den Dhur, from the ''Medstar'' and ''Literature/CoruscantNights'' novels was a war correspondent unafraid to get into the thick of things and later a Rebel against the empire.
* Mystery writer Creator/MichaelConnelly has written three mystery novels focusing on Jack [=McEvoy=], a crime reporter who usually finds himself wrapped up in murder investigations. In ''Literature/ThePoet'', ''Literature/TheScarecrow'', and ''Literature/FairWarning'', Jack finds himself chasing killers while simultaneously battling uncooperative cops and FBI agents as well as his own editors and other reporters trying to horn in on his stories.

* Ellie in ''Literature/DaddysLittleGirl'' is a journalist who thoroughly investigates every nook and cranny of her stories before sending them to a publisher. She is currently working on a book about [[ItsPersonal the murder of her sister Andrea]], wanting to prove definitively that Rob Westerfield - who she helped convict as a child - killed her.
* ''Literature/TheFragilityOfBodies'': TheProtagonist Verónica became a reporter due to her distaste for injustice and desire to expose corruption to the world, and is willing to go to great lengths to pursue these goals, even if it endangers herself. In the story, this materializes as her going up against TheCartel, and persevering in exposing their schemes despite multiple assassination attempts.