August 30, 2006

News Junkie in the UCD Advocate

'News Junkie' a literary ride like no other
August 30, 2006
by R. K. Liggin
from the University of Colorado at Denver Advocate

He is a liar, a thief, a drug addict and one of the most significant, if unsung, figures in journalism of the past 20 years. Says so right on page 18.

Meet Jason Leopold. Absolute street, absolute Guido, Jason is no Bob Woodward; but then Bob Woodward wouldn't sell his soul in order to play a pivotal role in breaking the Enron accounting scandal. Jason did, and in doing so he exposed American's top corporate sharks to a weary and once trusting public - this while feeding his nose coke and feeding his editors a sack of lies big enough to ground Santa. His, admittedly, is not the prettiest story; but it's a damn fascinating read.

Perhaps the winds of the Enron story have died along with Kenny Lay, but Leopold's legacy as an off-beat and fiercely independent story teller continues to grow, now aided by the publication of News Junkie, a brutally honest first-person account of the multiple lives lived by this man during his 20-year rollercoaster career as an investigative reporter.

Read the rest of the review at the UCD Advocate.

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