I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been in this business now for almost ten years. I've done a lot of stories. I have a pretty good track record.
I was a prosecutor for 25 years. I saw so many 15, 16, even 20 year-olds who could not read, had little hope that they would ever find work, faced more challenges than opportunities in life, dropped out of school at some point, and turned to crime.
I held a variety of jobs - most notably ten years working in universities - and kept on writing.
I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.
I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years.
I'm fortunate to work for a company that supports investigative journalism with strong editors and lawyers. That's the benefit of working for a company that's been around for more than a century.
I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.
I spent time in, like, criminal courts, and covering murder trials for papers.
I've been a financial journalist for 30 years.
I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system.