Financial columnist, investigative journalist, author. Specialize in investigative projects on gender and race discrimination; ineffective securities regulation; fraud against customers of financial firms. Previously a reporting fellow for Type Investigations and columnist for The New York Times, Bloomberg View and TheStreet. Freelance articles in Business Insider, The Intercept, New York Magazine, Barron's, CNBC.com, CNN Opinion. Former adjunct journalism professor at New York University and Fairfield University. M.A. Journalism from NYU.Author of the #MeToo book about sexual harassment on Wall Street: "Tales From the Boom-Boom Room: The Landmark Legal Battles That Exposed Wall Street's Shocking Culture of Sexual Harassment." The New York Observer called it "a work of compelling Wall Street anthropology."Awards:* 2024 Excellence in Journalism award from Silurians Press Club* 2022 Distinguished Alumna Achievement Award, Manhattanville College; Merit award for business writing, Society of the Silurians* 2020: Business News Visionary award for "a transformative impact" on financial journalism* 2018: Best in Business Award, honorable mention in investigative category from Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW)* 2017: Betty Furness Media Service Award from Consumer Federation of America; Excellence in Journalism award for column-writing from Silurians Press Club; second place, business commentary, National Headliners Awards* 2016: SABEW "Best in Business"​ award; NY Press Club award for consumer reporting; Excellence in Journalism award from Silurians Press Club; Excellence in Journalism Award from NY State Society of CPAs; second place for online commentary from National Society of Newspaper Columnists. 2015: Excellence in journalism award from Silurians Press Club; Excellence in Financial Journalism award from NY State Society of CPAs2014: SABEW "Best in Business" award for online commentary; Excellence in Journalism award for business reporting from Silurians Press Club2013: SABEW "Best in Business" award for columns at Bloomberg News; Excellence in Journalism award from Silurians Press Club; Excellence in Journalism award from NY State Society of CPAs2012: Excellence in Journalism award for online commentary from Silurians Press Club2003: First prize in non-fiction from National Federation of Press Women for "Tales From the Boom-Boom Room"2002: "Best Book of the Year"​ from Connecticut Press Club* 1997 and 1998: finalist in commentary category for Gerald Loeb Award.