Jack Sharman on Muck Rack

Jack Sharman

Birmingham
Covers:  organized crime, wiretapping, technology, prison, judicial ethics, judges, evidence, grand jury, experts, cocktails, bank fraud, foreign corrupt practices act, securities fraud, jurors, brady/giglio, public corruption, insider trading, ponzi schemes, parallel proceedings, legal education, narcotics, intelligence and national security, sentencing guidelines, mysteries, securities and exchange commission, tax fraud, law practice management, legal costs, sentencing, business ethics, deferred prosecution agreements, corporate compliance, healthcare fraud, white-collar crime, fourth amendment, fifth amendment, legal ethics, direcotrs' and offciers' insurance, business crime, surveillance, privacy, trials, crime fiction
White-collar crime | Crime fiction | Jack Sharman

Interview

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

I have an MFA in Fiction writing. My favorite fictional journalist is one I created --- Dolly Nguyen, a tv news investigative reporter.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email query.

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

Word, Excel, Prezi, Dropbox and PowerPoint.

What's your favorite social network?

LinkedIn.

Who do you wish followed you?

Joanna Chung, Kara Scannell, Carrie Johnson, Mike Scarcella, WSJ Risk & Compliance, Jeffrey Toobin, Alison Frankel, DealBook, WSJ Law Blog

Why did you become a journalist?

I like stories, whether in courtrooms, fiction or otherwise.

When's the best time to pitch you?

Afternoon.

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