Gerald Posner on Muck Rack

Gerald Posner

Miami
As seen in: Apple Podcasts, The New York Times, Forbes, HuffPost, Scribd, USA Today, Aol, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Newsweek and
Covers:  drug trafficking, investigative reporting, crime, organized crime, politics, terrorism, nazis, political assassinations
Award-winning investigative journalist | 13x author (PHARMA, CASE CLOSED, MENGELE, GOD’S BANKERS | Pulitzer finalist | “A merciless pit bull of an investigator"
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Interview

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

email

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Nexis, internet, archives (old fashioned paper and microfilm and microfiche) and a tape recorder for interviews

Who do you wish followed you?

Vladimir Putin

Why did you become a journalist?

I spent 4 years doing a pro-bono lawsuit for some Auschwitz twins who had been experimented on by Dr. Josef Mengele - that turned into a book

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

no, on the debate team arguing about politics and current affairs, but not writing about them then

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

follow the money and you will usually get to the heart of the story
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