
How uncovering the story of Martin Shkreli turned my whole world upside down.
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Journalist in NYC, former EIC of The Business of Business. Alum of Mizzou and the Knight-Bagehot fellowship program at Columbia. A "media figure of mild infamy," according to Vulture.
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