Daniel Goldstein on Muck Rack

Daniel Goldstein

Oakland
Covers:  Residential real estate buying and selling, condos, mortgages, renting. FYI, REITs are covered by our investment team. Don't cover retirement either, other than reverse mortgages.
Doesn't Cover: I don't cover investing, money management, or commercial real estate. Please don't send press releases about the hot new REIT fund manager or the shopping center you just closed on in Minneapolis.
Real Estate Reporter for Marketwatch and Wall Street Journal Video

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Experienced financial and broadcast journalist. I've spent more than 15 years covering some of the biggest business and energy stories from the Gulf Oil spill to the Enron meltdown to the California power crisis.

Investigative and breaking news coverage is my specialty. I was the first reporter to break the story about Trinity Industries faulty guardrail end units that a federal jury deemed fraudulent, leading to the biggest qui tam verdict in U.S. history $663 million and now have been banned …

What was your first job as a journalist?

Newspaper reporter in the tiny town of Marion, Ohio. Lasted three months. Learned a lot though.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Dad had an Royal, like the Chron's Herb Caen. Loved the clickety-clack. Reporters should use them, & wear fedoras & double-breasted suits.

How is social media changing news?

If people are talking about a topic, it's news. If we're not covering it, we're not in the news business. Social media is also curbing bias.