Julie K. Brown

I just think that, again, it was its nickname was the People Paper.

And we got into the neighborhoods and we just did those stories about average Joes who, whatever their plate was, whether they, you know, had their wheelchair stolen.

The crime at the time was a lot higher than it is now.

So there were tons of crime stories and drug deals.

you know, gone bad.

You have to really do journalism fast when you work for a tabloid.

So I could put together a story very fast.

And then I segued into doing more investigative pieces, and I did a piece about the Philadelphia firefighters who were all getting hepatitis C and dying, and the city wasn't doing anything about it.

And I did a big expose, you know, because they were getting it on the job, but the city didn't want to admit it.

And eventually they were able to get benefits from the city because of the stories that I wrote.

And that was really rewarding for me.

And that was sort of my first foray into investigative journalism.

Yes, I did.

I love doing sports every now and then.

I covered a couple things at the Daily News, Allen Iverson.

And, you know, every time our sports were in the playoffs, I was always, I'm on the team, I'm on the team, send me.

But at the Herald, I actually covered A-Rod's steroid use.

That story, which really came out of Miami because the doctor that was giving him the steroids was based in Miami.

Mm-hmm.

And the way that I got that story was that the whistleblower actually called the Miami Herald.