History Main / FriendInThePress

** In "Recap/FBIMostWantedS05E04 Hollow" the team is assisting Akwesana Reservation police with the disappearance and murders of several Mohawk women by a SerialKiller dubbed the Hollow Man. When the topic of the indigenous murder rate comes up, Sherriff Whitehawk of openly admits that the only reason that these particular indigenous murders are known and the FBI is assisting his department is because he happens to have an old college friend who now works at the Washington Post, and was thus able to break the story .

* ''Series/FBIMostWanted'': "[[Recap/FBIMostWantedS04E14 Wanted: America]]" features Em [=McAdoo=], an ambitious and highly dedicated former reporter who now works for a true crime documentary series and is an old flame of Remy's. The two had an agent/press-friend sort of relationship back when Remy was in Las Vegas, however, things soured when, to get the story out first, Em released details before the FBI had arrested the criminal which lead to them successfully going on the run. Nevertheless, despite his reluctance, Remy agrees to let her assist with the Manhunt for [[WomanScorned Mavis Kennedy]], knowing she won't give up and seeing the value of having her contacts in their assistance, in exchange for exclusive footage and interviews. Following being trapped in a cabin overnight together, the two manage to patch up their relationship with Em apologising for abusing his trust and Remy admitting the crook would probably have escaped them even without her breaking the story.

* ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': Lieutenant Giardello is close friends with [[VitriolicBestBuds Sam Thorne]], a community activist who runs his own newspaper the Black Voice, despite Sam being a fierce critic of the police. [[spoiler:When Sam is murdered (for attempting to expose a Columbium Drug Cartel's expansion into the city of Baltimore), Giardello pulls out all the stops to find the killer -- and is devastated when the drug dealer responsible gets off scot-free by making a deal with the DEA in exchange for immunity.]]
* ''Series/IlCommissarioMontalbano'': Nicolò Zito is a TV journalist for Vigàta's local TV station Rete Libera and a very close friend of Montalbano. In several cases, his connections have allowed him to alert Montalbano to events occurring off the police's radar or provide valuable context to explain the crimes Montalbano is investigating. He is also always willing to make use of his influence on the public to assist Montalbano in exposing criminals through his cunning gambits.

* ''Series/{{SSGB}}'': [[ForeignCorrespondent Barbara Barga]] is an charismatic and driven American reporter stationed in [[AlternateHistoryNaziVictory Nazi-occupied Britain]], who quickly forms a relationship with Detective Superintendent [[WildCard Douglas Archer]]. Archer in turn quickly see's the advantage of Barbara's support, as well as that stemming from the fact she is a citizen of a neutral power the Nazis are hoping to keep favourable relationships with.
* ''Series/SonOfACritch'': Local radio host [[LargeHam Mike Critch, Sr]]. Is this to Officer [[UnfortunateNames Butt]], an incompetent local officer who feeds him tips about local crimes, often in the hopes of getting the public to call into Mike's radio show to provide information that Butt is [[CluelessDetective too incompetent to find on his own]]. This relationship is severed after the events of "Details are Scanty", in which Butt wants Mike to report heavily on the arrest of a local criminal as a distraction from the far more damning story of Butt losing his gun. As the criminal happens to be the father of Fox, Mike's son's best friend, and as his crime had been motivated by a desperation to provide for his family, Mike can't bring himself to ruin the man's life and thus reports on Butt's lost gun instead to take attention off of the man.
* ''Series/ATouchOfFrost'': Zigzagged with Sandy Longford, a reporter for Denton Evening News. He and Inspector Frost have a strong Love-Hate relationship, with them regularly going from viewing the other as an asset or a nuisance depending on the situation. As such whilst they have a long-standing working agreement, with Frost regularly using Longford's local knowledge and contacts to find and solve cases, in exchange for exclusive information about the cases and interviews, with Longford generally more than happy to help, it is made very clear that they are not friends and Longford will happy turn on Jack the moment its more advantageous for him to do so. Though he does have the decency of giving him a heads up about which way the wind is blowing before the situation gets to the stage and makes it clear it's NothingPersonal.
* ''Series/ViennaBlood'': In season three, following two failed engagements, [[SpiritedYoungLady Clara Weiss]] decides to underline her past, and carve a new life and career for herself as a journalist. Unfulfilled by the dull, minor social events her paper sends her to report on, she uses her connections to her former fiancé [[TheProfiler Max Liebermann]] and his friend Inspector Oscar Reinhardt to get details of the cases they are working on allowing her to print the story first and thus get a chance to have a serious career. In return she attempts to become this for them, offering the full support of the press, although they are both initially reluctant to take her up on the offer they manage to work out a functioning relationship.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'': When [[SmallNameBigEgo Ricky "Loose Lips" Leblanc]] is being interrogated by a cop at the GCPD Station, he warns the officer that he has a cousin in the Gotham Gazette who could easily expose their deals with the Penguin if he doesn't back off. [[note]]It's implied Ricky doesn't actually have such a connection, or if this cousin is real, he isn't a reporter.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePast'': This Facebook and mobile game has Katherine Woolf, a reporter for the Concordia Gazette who occasionally works with the Flying Squad police force. She ends up in a romantic relationship with the team's archivist Evie.

* ''VideoGame/JumpStartAdventures5thGradeJoHammetKidDetective'': At the Squishy Juice Bar, Jo meets up with a fellow reporter named Bernie who is going undercover as a bartender. He gives her objects she needs to defuse Dr. X's bombs in return for mixing drinks for him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'': [[ComicallyInvincibleHero Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask]] has one in [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder Peggy Brandt]], a local newspaper reporter. Having [[TookALevelInKindness become friends with Stanley]] since the film, Peggy acts as his sensible confidant (although she occasionally proves [[NotSoAboveItAll she can be just as immature and irresponsible]]) being the only one who [[SecretKeeper knows that Stanley and the Mask are one and the same]], as well as regularly trying to exploit the Mask [[GoingForTheBigScoop so she can report on the story]].

Said friend is of the greatest benefit to the detectives' investigations, as journalists often have access to or can gain information not privy to the public (and which gaining by going through the official channels would take too long) and are likely to have contacts with individuals who have their ears to the streets but who are unwilling to talk to the authorities. Likewise, journalists often have access to vast archives of information about previous cases or know of sources likely to hold relevant information to the present investigation.

This usefulness of this relationship is usually mutually beneficial, with the journalist often expecting to get all the juicy details of the mystery (though a decent Friend will normally wait until the case is concluded to publish anything too juicy first so as not to tip off the crooks) [[GoingForTheBigScoop and thus be able to exclusively publish the story]].

Generally, stories will hold friction between the press and the police, with the press often wanting to publish information the detectives would prefer to keep out the public view, and the police often desiring the names of the reporter's sources, despite them promising anonymity. Usually for this trope the two will have a good enough working relationship to avoid these sorts of pitfalls but may still hit conflicts along those lines (especially if the case is particularly high stakes).

Whilst often presented in a positive light, there is a darker take on this relationship, as more immoral and [[GloryHound glory-hungry]] detectives might seek this sort of relationship to boast their careers or abuse the press's influence to go after their rivals. It may potentially overlap with ImmoralJournalist.

Compare StrawmanNewsMedia and ImmoralJournalist, which are usually presented as an opponent of the detective. Compare and Contrast FriendOnTheForce and FriendInTheBlackMarket, for the other types of helping hands respectively.

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' has the photojournalist Vicki Vale, who sometimes shared scoops when not trying to figure out his secret identity.
* ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'': In "Arctic Nation", Blacksad is introduced to [[BunnyEarsLawyer Weekly]]; a reporter from “What’s News”. Despite his initial dislike for him, the two quickly become friends whilst working together on the child abduction case. Afterwards Weekly becomes a recurring assistant, frequently acting as Blacksad’s eyes and ears, and providing him with whatever information he can.
* ''Franchise/MarvelComics'': Ben Urich is a crime journalist for the ''Daily Bugle'' whose integrity and willingness to get to the bottom of a story has made him a staunch ally of ComicBook/SpiderMan and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} over the years despite his boss' well-known hatred of the former and has even been entrusted by the latter with his identity as Matt Murdock.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In the early books, [[BlueCollarWarlock Harry Dresden]], a wizard Private Detective, is in a romantic relationship with [[IntrepidReporter Susan Rodriguez]], a reporter for a tabloid, the ''Midwestern Arcane''. Being one of the few people to know that the supernatural is real, Susan has become committed to exposing it believing the general public deserves to know the potential dangers that exist (to the point of working for a trashy local tabloid well below her skill level, as they are the only one's willing to publish her articles on magic and monsters). Thus she assists Harry with his cases, always hoping they will produce the proof she needs, meanwhile the two fall in love. This carries on until ''Literature/GravePeril'' when [[spoiler:Susan falls victim to the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Red Court Vampires]] who infect her, though she manages to [[VampireRefugee resist the urge to feed and thus complete the transformation]] through sheer willpower. Thus she's forced to abandon her life and Harry to join [[LaResistance The Fellowship of St. Giles]] in their crusade against the Red Court's tyranny]].
* ''Literature/HarryHole'': The series features a darker take on this trope, where despite being utterly corrupt [[DirtyCop Mikael Bellmann]] keeps his crimes unknown to the public, [[KarmaHoudini escape punishment]] and steadily rises through the ranks, thanks in a large part due to him having several close contacts in the press (and knowing how to charm journalists in general) ensuring they will always present him [[VillainWithGoodPublicity favourably to the public]].

* ''Literature/InDeath'': Nadine Furst was a TV crime reporter whose life was saved by Detective Eve Dallas in the second book in the series. Subsequently, the two became good friends and tried to help each other professionally whenever they could without compromising her professional ethics.

* ''Literature/NikkiHeat'': [[{{Deuteragonist}} Jameson Rook]], an award-winning magazine journalist and investigative reporter ends up becoming this to the titular Detective. The two are paired together by the commissioner in "Heat Wave", so that Jameson can shadow their investigations and do a report on the NYPD, despite Nikki's initial reluctance and frustration, she comes to value his skills as a reporter and outside-the-box thinking. This leads to Jameson becoming a valuable ally to her squad and her on-again-off-again lover.
* ''Literature/RascalDoesNotDreamOfBunnyGirlSenpai'': Sakuta has a press contact, Fumika Nanjou, who is researching Adolescence Syndrome and came into contact with him after the incidents involving himself and his sister Kaede. While he stonewalls her on giving her any specifics (she's especially interested in the scar on his chest), he does use her as a source of information, first in volume 1 on Mai's hiatus from acting, then in volume 3 on why his friend Futaba might have posted erotic selfies on the Internet (in each case seemingly the inciting incident for the girls' Adolescence Syndrome).

* ''Series/{{Blindspot}}'': Played With. Megan Butani is a highly dedicated investigative journalist who works for the New York Post, as well as being FBI agent Edgar Reade's fiancé throughout season three but whilst close to him and civil with his team and they often express interest in each other's investigations, for the most part, the two keep their professional lives separate from their relationship. [[spoiler:It's played straight in season 5, when the team contact Megan and uses her connections to finally expose [[CorruptPolitician Madeline Burke's]] numerous crimes to the public, leading to her swift downfall]].

* ''Series/TheCapture'': Khadija Khan is a highly dedicated and inquisitive reporter for BBC Newsnight, who upon being exposed to the existence of correction (the practice of substituting supposedly live footage with computer-generated fakes, regularly used to incriminate targets) agrees to form a partnership with DCI Rachel Carey who is secretly working to expose it, with her using her press links to provide Isaac Turner with miniature camera's. [[spoiler:In the final, they succeed with Khan exposing the existence of corruption live on air, by broadcasting a completely faked interview with Turner]].
* ''{{Series/Endeavour}}'': [[IntrepidReporter Dorothea Frazil]] is the editor of the Oxford Mail, and a highly dedicated Journalist (having previously reported on the Korean War from pretty much right on the battlefield). Whilst Morse is initially weary about forming close relationships with the press for fear of it being corrupting, the two quickly become friends and she serves as a valuable asset to Morse and Inspector Thursday's investigations. Many times through the series Dorothea's access to the Oxford Mail archives provides essential information to the case and she is likewise very good at digging up information about figures who deliberately attempt to stay off the police's radar. Notably unlike most examples, whilst her paper does report on the events, she never attempts to use this relationship to gain any particular advantage in reporting the stories over her rivals and is not afraid to put herself in the firing line (the most extreme example being in "[[Recap/EndeavourS4E01Game Game]]" when her attempts to catch a SerialKiller who murdered one of her journalists leads to her being abducted by them, [[DamselOutOfDistress only to break free]] and be instrumental to their arrest).
* ''Series/FBIMostWanted'': "[[Recap/FBIMostWantedS04E14 Wanted: America]]" features Em [=McAdoo=], an ambitious and highly dedicated former reporter who now works for a true crime documentary series, and an old flame of Remy's. The two had this sort of relationship back when Remy was in Las Vegas, however, things soured when to get the story out first Em released details before the FBI had arrested the criminal leading to them successfully going on the run. Nevertheless despite his reluctance Remy agrees to let her assist with the Manhunt for [[WomanScorned Mavis Kennedy]], knowing she won't give up and seeing the value of having her contacts in their assistance, in exchange for exclusive footage and interviews. Following being trapped in a cabin overnight together, the two manage to patch up their relationship with Em apologising for abusing his trust and Remy admitting the crook would probably have escaped them even without her breaking the story.

Said friend is of the greatest benefit to the detectives’ investigations, as journalists often have access to or can gain information not privy to the public (and which gaining by going through the official channels would take too long) and are likely to have contacts with individuals who have their ears to the streets but who are unwilling to talk to the authorities. Likewise, journalists often have access to vast archives of information about previous cases or know of sources likely to hold relevant information to the present investigation.

* ''{{ComicBook/Preacher}}'': Darkly subverted. Cassidy meets up with his old friend Simon "Si" Coltrane, now working as a freelance journalist to help him investigate a SerialKiller dubbed the "Hacker-Slasher" and the "Reaver-Cleaver" by the press. But when Cassidy goes into the apartment, [[spoiler:he learns not only said friend ''is'' the Hacker-Slasher, he set up Cassidy to take the fall.]] Cassidy only escapes the cops by [[spoiler:stabbing himself in the neck with a scalpel and feigning death]] until he breaks out of the body bag.
* In ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', poor [[SecretIdentity Peter Parker]] is often ''mistaken'' for Spider Man's friend in the press because of his apparently uncanny ability to photograph the titular hero. Nobody in a million years would believe he actually ''is'' Spider Man, and instead often assume the two are in cahoots. More than a few times, this has led to criminals targeting Peter's friends and family, and even Peter ''directly'', to either provoke a response from Spider Man or send him a message.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': While Superman's SecretIdentity is reporter Clark Kent, he is good friends in his heroic identity with several members of the news media at the Daily Planet. In particular, reporter Lois Lane and photographer Jimmy Olsen are always willing to give Superman information on stories they are investigating.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'': [[ComicallyInvincibleHero Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask]] has one in [[CloudCuckoolandersMinder Peggy Brandt]], a local newspaper reporter. Having [[TookALevelInKindness become friends with Stanley]] since the film, Peggy acts as his sensible confidant (although she occasionally proves [[NotSoAboveItAll she can be just as immature and irresponsible]]) being the only one who [[SecretKeeper knows that Stanley and the Mask are one and the same]], as well as regularly trying to exploit the Mask [[GoingForTheBigScoop so she can report on the story]].

* ''Literature/NeroWolfe'': Archie is good friends with [[KnowledgeBroker Lon Cohen]], an influential and well-connected senior news reporter for the New York Gazette, whom Archie and Wolfe often use to gain information in exchange for promising an exclusive for his paper. Lon is also one of Archie's poker buddies and defines himself as a man who strongly believes the public has the right to know, as long as they read it in the Gazette.

* VideoGame/JumpStartAdventures5thGradeJoHammetKidDetective: At the Squishy Juice Bar, Jo meets up with a fellow reporter named Bernie who is going undercover as a bartender. He gives her objects she needs to defuse Dr. X's bombs in return for mixing drinks for him.

* ''Series/IlCommissarioMontalbano'': Nicolò Zito is a TV journalist for Vigàta's local TV station Rete Libera and a very close friend of Montalbano. In several cases, his connections have allowed him to alert Montalbano to events occurring off the police's radar or provide valuable context to explain the crimes Montalbano is investigating. He also is always willing to make use of his influence on the public to assist Montalbano in exposing criminals through his cunning gambits.

* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': Implied. If the Sole Survivor goes into Publick Occurences instead of the Agency after [[spoiler:killing Kellogg]], Diamond City reporter [[IntrepidReporter Piper Wright]] and detective [[HardBoiledDetective Nick Valentine]] start a conversation where Nick alludes to he and Piper already having a working relationship. The two's interactions throughout the game do overall suggest a level of friendship (with Piper even affectionately calling him "Nicky"), fitting with their status of being the only proper and capable investigators within Diamond City (if not the whole commonwealth).

* ''WesternAnimation/NightHood'': Kelly Kincaid and Max Leblanc serve as this to Lupin, assisting him in his plans to foil H.R. Karst in many ways.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'': [[ComicallyInvincibleHero Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask]] has one in [[CloudCuckoolandersMinder Peggy Brant]], a local newspaper reporter. Having [[TookALevelInKindness become friends with Stanley]] since the film, Peggy acts as his sensible confident (although she occasionally proves [[NotSoAboveItAll she can be just as immature and irresponsible]]) being the only one who [[SecretKeeper knows that Stanley and the Mask are one and the same]], as well as regularly trying to exploit the Mask [[GoingForTheBigScoop so she can report on the story]].

Said friend is of the greatest benefit to the detectives’ investigations, as journalists often have access to or can gain information not privy to the public (and which gaining by going through the official channels would take too long) and are likely to have contacts with individuals who have their ears to the streets but who are unwilling to talk to the authorities. Likewise, Journalists often have access to vast archives of information about previous cases or know of sources likely to hold relevant information to the present investigation.

Another benefit is journalists are often incredibly good at blowing the whistle on cases of crime and corruption where even the authorities might be hampered to bring charges. After all a crusading journalist who has access to all their dirty laundry is often the greatest fear of a crooked politician or a corrupt businessman. Likewise, having a level of control over the information that leaks out from the investigation is also often very useful to the detective, especially if they want to set a trap.

Whilst often presented in a positive light, there is a darker take on this relationship, as more immoral and [[GloryHound glory hungry]] detectives might seek this sort of relationship to boast their careers or abuse the press's influence to go after their rivals. It may potentially overlap with ImmoralJournalist.

Traditionally the journalist would work for a Newspaper, however, [[EvolvingTrope with mainstream reporting media evolving]] it is now more common for them to either be a TV reporter, a documentary creator, an online journalist or even potentially a podcast host (although print journalists are still far from unheard of and are still going strong in Period Pieces).

To qualify for this trope, the friend must know whom they are helping and what they're going to do with said help. In cases where the hero also works in the press, picking up information on the job, only qualifies if their co-worker is aware of what they're going to do with this information.

Compare StrawmanNewsMedia and ImmoralJournalist, which are usually presented as an opponent of the Detective. Compare and Contrast FriendOnTheForce and FriendInTheBlackMarket, for the other types of helping hands respectively.

[[folder: Anime And Manga]]

[[folder: Comic Books]]

* ''{{ComicBook/Preacher}}'': Darkly Subverted. Cassidy meets up with his old friend Simon "Si" Coltrane, now working as a freelance journalist to help him investigate a SerialKiller dubbed the "Hacker-Slasher" and the "Reaver-Cleaver" by the press. But when Cassidy goes into the apartment, [[spoiler: he learns not only said friend ''is'' the Hacker-Slasher, he set up Cassidy to take the fall.]] Cassidy only escapes the cops by [[spoiler: stabbing himself in the neck with a scalpel and feigning death]] until he breaks out of the body bag.

[[folder: Fan Works]]

[[folder: Literature]]
* ''Literature/AmosWalker'': Loren D. Estleman's novels have Barry Stackpole, an old Vietnam squadmate of the titular P.I., whose fearless reporting on Detroit's underworld has left him with a fibreglass leg among other prosthetics. Their friendship eventually [[spoiler: ends in the sixth book, when Barry fakes his disappearance/death, forcing Amos on a long and painful wild-goose chase, solely to drum up publicity for his new book]].
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In the early books, [[BlueCollarWarlock Harry Dresden]], a wizard Private Detective, is in a romantic relationship with [[IntrepidReporter Susan Rodriguez]], a reporter for a tabloid, the ''Midwestern Arcane''. Being one of the few people to know that the supernatural is real, Susan has become committed to exposing it believing the general public deserves to know the potential dangers that exist (to the point of working for a trashy local tabloid well below her skill level, as they are the only one's willing to publish her articles on magic and monsters). Thus she assists Harry with his cases, always hoping they will produce the proof she needs, meanwhile the two fall in love. This carries on until ''Literature/GravePeril'' when [[spoiler: Susan falls victim to the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Red Court Vampires]] who infect her, though she manages to [[VampireRefugee resist the urge to feed and thus complete the transformation]] through sheer willpower. Thus she's forced to abandon her life and Harry to join [[LaResistance The Fellowship of St. Giles]] in their crusade against the Red Court's tyranny]].

[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Blindspot}}'': Played With. Megan Butani is a highly dedicated investigative journalist who works for the New York Post, as well as being FBI agent Edgar Reade's fiancé throughout season three but whilst close to him and civil with his team and they often express interest in each other's investigations, for the most part, the two keep their professional lives separate from their relationship. [[spoiler: It's played straight in season 5, when the team contact Megan and uses her connections to finally expose [[CorruptPolitician Madeline Burke's]] numerous crimes to the public, leading to her swift downfall]].

* ''Series/TheCapture'': Khadija Khan is a highly dedicated and inquisitive reporter for BBC Newsnight, who upon being exposed to the existence of correction (the practice of substituting supposedly live footage with computer-generated fakes, regularly used to incriminate targets) agrees to form a partnership with DCI Rachel Carey who is secretly working to expose it, with her using her press links to provide Isaac Turner with miniature camera's. [[spoiler: In the final, they succeed with Khan exposing the existence of corruption live on air, by broadcasting a completely faked interview with Turner]].

* ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': Lieutenant Giardello is close friends with [[VitriolicBestBuds Sam Thorne]], a community activist who runs his own newspaper the Black Voice, despite Sam being a fierce critic of the police. [[spoiler:When Sam is murdered (for attempting to expose a Columbium Drug Cartel's expansion into the city of Baltimore), Giardello pulls out all the stops to find the killer - and is devastated when the drug dealer responsible gets off scot-free by making a deal with the DEA in exchange for immunity.]]

* ''Series/{{SSGB}}'': [[ForeignCorrespondent Barbara Barga]] is an charismatic and driven American reporter stationed in [[AlternateHistoryNaziVictory Nazi occupied Britain]], who quickly forms a relationship with Detective Superintendent [[WildCard Douglas Archer]]. Archer in turn quickly see's the advantage of Barbara's support, as well as that stemming from the fact she is a citizen of a neutral power the Nazis are hoping to keep favourable relationships with.

[[folder: Multiple Media]]

[[folder: Video Games]]

* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': Implied. If the Sole Survivor goes into Publick Occurences instead of the Agency after [[spoiler: killing Kellogg]], Diamond City reporter [[IntrepidReporter Piper Wright]] and detective [[HardBoiledDetective Nick Valentine]] start a conversation where Nick alludes to he and Piper already having a working relationship. The two's interactions throughout the game do overall suggest a level of friendship (with Piper even affectionately calling him "Nicky"), fitting with their status of being the only proper and capable investigators within Diamond City (if not the whole commonwealth).
-> '''Nick''': What can I say, Piper? You, me, and hard luck all seem to run together like acid rain down an old sewer.

[[folder: Visual Novel]]

[[folder: Western Animation]]

* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': Implied. If the Sole Survivor goes into Publick Occurences instead of the Agency after [[spoiler: killing Kellogg]], Diamond City reporter [[IntrepidReporter Piper Wright]] and detective [[HardBoiledDetective Nick Valentine]] start a conversation where Nick alludes to he and Piper already having a working relationship. The two's interactions throughout the game do overall suggest a level of friendship (with Piper even affectionately calling him "Nicky"), fitting with their status of being the only proper and capable investigators within Diamon City (if not the whole commonwealth).

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': In the early books, [[BlueCollarWarlock Harry Dresden]], a wizard Private Detective, is in a romantic relationship with [[IntrepidReporter Susan Rodriguez]], a reporter for a tabloid, the ''Midwestern Arcane''. Being one of the few people to know that the supernatural is real, Susan has become committed to exposing it believing the general public deserves to know the potential dangers that exist (to the point of working for a trashy local tabloid well below her skill level, as they are the only one's willing to publish her articles on magic and monsters). Thus she assists Harry with his cases, always hoping they will produce the proof she needs, meanwhile the two fall in love. This carries on until ''Literature/GravePeril'' when [[spoiler: Susan falls victim to the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Red Court Vampires]] who infect her, though she manages to [[VampireRefugee resist the urge to feed and thus complete the transformation]] through sheer willpower. Thus she's forced to abandon her life and Harry to join [[LAResistance The Fellowship of St. Giles]], in their crusade against the Red Court's tyranny]].

* ''Series/{{Blindspot}}'': Played With. Megan Butani is a highly dedicated investigative journalist who works for the New York Post, as well as being FBI agent Edgar Reade's fiancé throughout season three but whilst close to him and civil with his team and they often express interest in each other's investigations, for the most part, the two keep their professional lives separate from their relationship. [[spoiler: It's played straight in season 5, when the team contact Megan and uses her connections to finally expose [[CorruptPolitician Madeline Burke]] numerous crimes to the public, leading to her swift downfall]].

* ''Series/ProdigalSon'': [[TheProfiler Malcolm Bright's]] younger sister [[AntiHero Ainsley]] is an ambitious TV reporter for a local News station and often attempts to use her connections to Malcolm to get inside information on the cases he works in exchange for assisting. Whilst Malcolm is often weary of letting her in and concerned with the lengths that Ainsley is willing to go (including several times putting herself or others in danger), he nevertheless does accept her help from time to time. On occasion, Ainsley even treats investigating the cases as a game to see which sibling can find the solution first.
* ''Series/{{SSGB}}'': [[ForeignCorrespondent Barbara Barga]] is an charismatic and driven American reporter stationed in [[AlternateHistoryNaziVictory Nazi occupied Britain]], who quickly forms a relationship with Detective Superintendent [[WildCard Douglas Archer]]. Archer in turn quickly see's the advantage of Barbara's support, as well as that stemming from the fact she is a citizen a neutral power the Nazis are hoping to keep favourable relationships with.

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