The Tip Line
The flagship. You call it in, we take the camera and go find out whether it's true.
Weekly22 min
On airIndependent street broadcast--:--:--
You call it in.We run it down.
Tipline TV is a street-level broadcast network. You call the story in, we go run it down — unfiltered, on the block, on the record.
ScrollCh. 01 — Live
The tip line is openNo press passShot on the blockAnonymous is fineWe run it downLive from the cornerNobody's publicist called
00What we are
What we are
Legacy media parachutes in, films the worst ten seconds, and leaves. We already live here. Tipline TV runs on the thing every newsroom forgot how to use — a phone number, an open line, and somebody who actually picks up.
Sourced by the street
Every story starts as a tip from somebody who was there. No embargoes, no press junkets, no publicist deciding what the angle is.
Cut like a broadcast
Handheld, high contrast, timestamped. We shoot fast and cut faster, because the moment does not wait for a production schedule.
01Programming
The slate
Five formats, one rule: nobody gets to approve the edit before it airs.
01 02 Corner Store
One block, one night, one bodega counter. Everybody who walks in gets a question.
Fridays12 min
03 Night Shift
The city between midnight and six — the people holding it up while it sleeps.
Monthly34 min
04 Pressed
Ninety seconds, one question, no handler in the room. Answer it or don't.
Daily90 sec
05 Run It Back
We re-open the story everybody already decided they understood.
Biweekly18 min
02The field
Shot where it happened
6 frames — one reel
Detroit, MI01/06
The last block with a working payphone
Bronx, NY02/06
Sixteen and running a whole kitchen
Atlanta, GA03/06
Tip #4,112 — the lot they said was empty
Oakland, CA04/06
Pirate radio, third floor, no sign on the door
Chicago, IL05/06
Nobody called it a curfew. It was a curfew.
Houston, TX06/06
The shop that stayed open through all of it
03By the numbers
Tipline TV by the numbers
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- Tips received every week
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- Cities with a standing crew
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- Views across the network
- 0H
- Median time to first callback
04Correspondents
The peoplewho pick up
A standing crew in every city we broadcast from. They live on the beat they cover.
- New York
Ro Mercado
Street desk
- Atlanta
Dez Whitfield
Music & scenes
- Chicago
Amina Sowe
Labor & money
- Los Angeles
Kai Brennan
Overnight
- Detroit
Nia Okafor
Courts & records
- Houston
Sol Vega
Sport
05Dispatches
Latest off the wire
09.02 The bus route they deleted twice
NewarkThe Tip Line08.28 Forty families, one landlord, no name on the deed
MemphisRun It Back08.19 He's been fixing the same block's bikes since 1994
QueensCorner Store08.11 What the water tested for after they said it was fine
BaltimoreThe Tip Line08.04 Cooling center closes at five. The heat doesn't.
PhoenixNight Shift
06The tip line
Call itin.
Something happening on your block that nobody is covering? A story everybody knows and no camera has touched? This is the line. It stays open, and a person reads every word.
Or write the desk
hello@tipline.tv