Profiles may be written as essays for a college class or for a magazine, but profiles appear in many other media as well. Extended profiles occur in documentary films. Brief profiles appear on TV shows, like Undercover Boss and Dirty Jobs. This still photograph shows Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe as a participant-observer in an episode in which he takes on the job of a skull cleaner, someone who makes bones ready for collectors and museums. (Here he is removing flesh-eating beetles from the skull of a horse.) Documentaries, from God Bless Ozzy Osbourne to Sicko, not only provide detailed information but also show a clear perspective on the subject and, especially in the case of Michael Moore’s documentaries, like Sicko, a role for the writer, since Moore appears in his own films.

Source: “Skull Cleaner,” Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe. Discovery, 11 July, 2006. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/32673-the-5-stinkiest-moments-of-dirty-jobs-skull-cleaner-video.htm.