Condensed Résumé
ALLAN DODDS FRANK
EXPERIENCE
Present–2009
ABC
NEWS Investigative Unit, FORTUNE,
NAUTILUS,
SALON, NEWSWEEK,
DAILY BEAST,
MINYANVILLE, WHOWHATWHY
Senior/Special Contributor
Specializing in stories about Donald Trump, complex white-collar
crime, corporate ethics, terrorism and international economic,
political and scientific subjects.
Appearances: CBS,
NBC,
CNBC, MSNBC,
Fox News Channel,
Fox Business News, Sirius
Radio, NPR. Special Hurricane Sandy coverage for
DW TV, German television
English channel.
BROADCASTING
2009–2003
BLOOMBERG NEWS
Television Business Investigative Correspondent
Financial investigative reporter for television, radio and print
specializing in reporting complex white collar crime, including
Bernard Madoff and other Ponzi schemes. Extensive coverage of AIG
collapse; New York Attorney Generals Andrew Cuomo and Eliot Spitzer
court cases against former NYSE CEO Richard Grasso, Maurice "Hank"
Greenberg, Marsh McLennan and others. Federal court coverage
includes trials of WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers; Adelphia Chairman
John Rigas and family; Sotheby's CEO Alfred Taubman and Martha
Stewart. Scoops include uncovering $500 million in fake bonds
created by Refco and Bawag Bank that was part of the collapse of the
biggest commodities trading firm. Extensive exclusive investigations
of counterfeit drugs and worldwide smuggling rings. Half-hour
Specials with Arnold Palmer & Jack Nicklaus.
2002–1994
CNN / CNN fn
Anchor/Senior Correspondent
Coverage of leading daily stories and investigations, primarily
for “Moneyline with Lou Dobbs” and other CNN broadcasts. Major long-
term beats include terrorism, corporate corruption, white-collar
crime, financial markets and misdeeds, tobacco and gambling. Also
political campaign finance and defense stories, including Chinese
spying on U.S. nuclear programs. Special investigations including:
Osama Bin Laden terrorism network; corporate corruption: Tyco,
WorldCom, Enron, ImClone/Martha Stewart, etc.; Marc Rich; Sen.
Robert Torricelli; EL AL plane crash in Netherlands and
after–effects of cargo that included nerve gas components.
1994–1988
ABC NEWS
Business Investigative Correspondent
Stories appeared on “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings,”
“Business World With Sander Vanocur,”, “Nightline With Ted Koppel,”
“Prime Time Live,” “World News Weekend,” “ABC Morning News” and ABC
radio networks. Specialized in uncovering and examining complex
white-collar crime cases. Major subjects included: Clinton
Whitewater land deals; World Trade Center terrorist network; Rep.
Dan Rostenkowski; Waco aftermath; Indian gambling casinos; Ross
Perot airport deal; BCCI and BNL scandals; various savings and loan
stories including Charles Keating and senators he influenced; Rep.
Jim Wright and his hidden oil wells; Michael Milken; Donald Trump;
Neil Bush.
PRINT
1988–1981
FORBES
Senior Editor, based in New York (3/87–7/88);
Associate Editor
(7/85–3/87) Coverage included Iranian arms smuggling; international
narcotics trade; worldwide money laundering; exotic tax shelters;
politics and economies in the Caribbean and Latin America. Created
Forbes Top 40 Richest Entertainers Annual Edition. Stories on large
companies.
International Correspondent in Washington, D.C.
(10/81–7/85)
Defense stories and economic and political reports from Guatemala,
Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Nicaragua. Major pieces included: “Beltway
Bandits” about companies around Washington; General Dynamics and
Admiral Rickover; Native American business in Alaska; Teamsters
Union under Jackie Presser.
1981–1973
THE WASHINGTON STAR
National Staff Writer
(11/79–8/81)
Covered the Justice Department, House and Senate Judiciary
Committees, the Federal Election Commission, the intelligence
community and breaking national stories, including Billy Carter and
Libya.
Metropolitan Staff Writer
(12/73–10/79)
Beats included local governments, federal and state courts, trials
of Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel. Special investigations: the CIA
and domestic spying; organized crime control of pornography;
agricultural pollution of Chesapeake Bay.
1973–1970
THE ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
Editor/reporter, sports editor, state capitol bureau chief,
investigator, editorial writer, columnist, photographer, local
reporter.
EDUCATION
YALE LAW SCHOOL
Master of Studies in Law, 1981. Ford Foundation
Fellow in Journalism. Honors: Corporate Finance, Criminal Law,
International Law I & II.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
Master of Science in Journalism, 1970. (M.Sci.J. Awarded 1972)
COLGATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts, 1969. Major in American History.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
“Guardian
Award” for a lifetime of reporting about financial fraud.
Presented by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners before my
featured speech at the ACFE Convention in Las Vegas, June 2013
Deadline Club Awards Finalist, New York City
chapter, the Society of Professional Journalists (2011): Online Spot
News Reporting, The Daily Beast, Madoff breaking news coverage
Gerald Loeb Award, UCLA Anderson School of
Management (2002): “Best Financial Reporting on Television” for “The
Money Trail,” a series of reports on terrorism financing.
Two Emmy Awards, The National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences: (2002): Part of the CNN team on continuing
coverage of “Attack on America” (1992): News/Documentary Award for
“Outstanding General Coverage of a Single Breaking News Story
(Programs), “Peter Jennings Reporting: Who is Ross Perot?”
Two National Headliner Awards:
(2002): “Best Continuing Coverage” for “Attack on America,”
(2000): “Best Newscast,” second place, for “Microsoft Findings,” a “Moneyline”
report on the news breaking from court.
Sigma Delta Chi Award - The Deadline Club, New York
City chapter, the Society of Professional Journalists (1998):
Citation for Outstanding Coverage of a single topic: Tobacco.
Six Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild Front Page Awards
(1975–1980)
Two Alaska Press Club Awards: “Best News Story of
the Year” (1972, 1973)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
The Society of Silurians:
President: June 2013–June
2015.
First Vice President: 2012.
Member of the Board of Governors: 2011–2015
Overseas Press Club of America:
OPC Global Parachute Project
Founder/CEO (2011–).
OPC
President (2008–2010). Vice President and Treasurer (2008–2004).
Vice President & Awards Committee Chairman (1990-1996). Awards
Committee Judge (1997–present and 1987–1989).
OPC Foundation Governor
(1990–present).
National Press Club: Frederick Hood Awards
Co-chairman (1983–1984).
Also contest judge for: Detroit Press Club, Milwaukee Press Club,
Pittsburgh Press Club, Society of Silurians (New York),
Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild.
Featured Expert/Contributor “In God We Trust,” a documentary
about Bernard Madoff.
World Premiere 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
Consulting Producer: Live Star Entertainment in
Association with ESPN Films presents: “Renée”, a film directed by
Eric Drath. Premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
Other Clubs: New York Financial Writers’ Association, Society of Professional Journalists-Sigma Delta Chi, National Press Club, White House Correspondents Association (during Washington years)
For more information please contact Allan Dodds Frank.