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Off the Record: An Investigative Journalist’s Inside View
of Dirty Politics, High Finance, and Corporate Scandal
by Jason Leopold
Off the Record is the story of the cutthroat worlds of journalism, politics, and high finance told by Jason Leopold, who survived a life of drug abuse and petty crime and went on to become one of the most highly regarded investigative reporters of the last few years, uncovering some of the biggest scandals of corporate America, the office of the governor of California, and even the White House.
During his tenure at the Los Angeles Times and the Dow Jones Newswires, and as a guest reporter on CNBC, Leopold was one of the first reporters to break stories on the California energy crisis and on Enron Corporation’s now-infamous phony trading floor.
During this time, Leopold lived a double life, exposing high-rolling hucksters and self-righteous politicians in his investigative pieces while hiding
the secrets of his own felonious past, terrified that he would be discovered.
Finally, as Leopold closed in on his biggest story to date—one that would implicate a Bush administration member—he found himself surrounded by angry colleagues and pilloried by the press secretary of the president of the United States in an attempt to end his journalism career. Off the Record is the story of how it all happened.
About The Author
Jason Leopold is the former Los Angeles bureau chief of Dow Jones Newswires. He has worked for the Los Angeles Times and has been a frequent guest on CNBC; his articles have appeared in The Nation, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and other publications. Leopold currently writes about politics online for publications such as Utne Reader, Alternet, and CounterPunch. He lives in Beverly Hills, California.
Available at Amazon.com and bookstores everywhere beginning March 1, 2005
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
$24.95
Cloth
0-7425-3080-9
February 2005
240pp
Table of Contents for
Off the Record: An Investigative Journalist’s Inside View of Dirty Politics, High Finance, and Corporate Scandal
o 1 The Insider
o 2 The Scoop
o 3 Been Caught Stealing
o 4 The Times They Are A Changin’
o 5 The Score
o 6 Blacklisted: Part I
o 7 Back In the Highlife Again
o 8 White Lies
o 9 Blacklisted: Part II
o Epilogue