Dan McCrum interview: ‘If I’d just walked away from this story, my reputation and career were toast’

  • 📰 businessposthq
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 13 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 9%
  • Publisher: 71%

Business Business Headlines News

Business Business Latest News,Business Business Headlines

“I’d just lie there at night just running ridiculous scenarios through my head, like what I’d do if guys burst into the house with balaclavas.” ​ ​Financial Times journalist FD on the story behind his explosive Wirecard investigation, and his new book.

By the time Dan McCrum had placed a hammer under his pillow at night to ward off potential intruders, the rational and irrational parts of his brain held equally powerful sway over his thoughts.

It was 2019, and McCrum had been in journalism long enough to know that such steps towards self-preservation weren’t typically required for reporters, at least not for London-based hacks for the Financial Times. But the story he was reporting on – ...

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 8. in BUSİNESS

Business Business Latest News, Business Business Headlines