No problem.  The municipal parking meter is in a public place and so are you.  There would be no trespass or intrusion, so click away.

Too bad for the district consultant.  The exterior of the district building is a public place and you can feel comfortable taking the photo.  Any possible intrusion claim would be defeated because you’re not intruding on a place where he would have a reasonable expectation of seclusion.  Any claim for unreasonable publication of private facts would be defeated by the exception for newsworthy information.  Now, if you published the photo with a caption that falsely said, “District Superintendent Gets Kickbacks From Top Earning Consultant”, you’ve got potential libel and false light claims against you, from both the superintendent and the consultant.  To win, they’d have to prove the caption was false and that you were at fault for making the error.

You’re in hot water on this one.  Unless you’re actually invited in with your camera or you’ve got consent, you should not be aiming to capture someone’s image while they’re in a private home.  Taking the photo could be considered an invasion of privacy in the form of an intrusion upon seclusion and posting it could be an unreasonable revelation of private facts.

In addition to the privacy law implications, you also may find yourself reckoning with trespass and anti-stalking laws.

The level of legal risk depends upon the state you’re calling from and the state in which the superintendent is receiving the call.  Some states allow a party to a conversation to record that conversation without notice to the other party.  Other states require that all parties to a recorded conversation consent prior to recording.  Consent may be as simple as your saying, “Is it O.K. if I record the call?” or “I’d like to tape this,” before you begin taping.  If the interviewee doesn’t object, start the tape.  To be safe, record words from the start indicating that the source knows the tape is running, such as, “O.K. I’ve started recording,” or, “The tape is running now.”

Bad idea.  Regardless of which state you’re in, when a third party records a conversation between participants without their consent, there’s a legal problem under both federal and state laws.  Also, if you’ve encouraged the illegal recording, you’re at legal risk along with the consultant.

This is an exercise in undercover reporting and your lying to gain access to the superintendent’s office and photographing documents are highly problematic.  Depending upon the state, there could be trespass, privacy, fraud, misappropriation, theft, and a laundry list of other potential laws that may have been broken in your quest for information.  Any undercover reporting should be carefully vetted by a lawyer for its legality prior to your engaging in surreptitious or unconventional reporting tactics.