A strange and twisting path indeed
The life and careers of
 Stephen P. Pizzo

(Now retired)

1965 - US Marine Reserves



1966-7 Radio DJ
KWSD Mt. Shasta Ca.




1968-1970 Paralegal
Jelinek & Associates Law Firm
Berekely, Ca.




1971-73 Montgomery Wards Ad Manager
Grants Pass, Oregon



1973-75 Dairy Farmer
Bromewood Dairy Farm, Brooklyn Wisconsin


a Land Agents
Guerneville Ca.

1976-1979
Real Estate Broker

Sequoia Land Agents
Guerneville, Ca.


1980-1982
 Computer Magazine Publisher

Computerists Directory Magazine



1983-1987
Newspaper Publisher/Editor

Russian River News, Guerneville, Ca.



1989-1991 Non-Fiction Author
  Inside Job:
The Looting of America's Savings and Loans

(NY Times Best Seller)



also
The Ethics Gap (w/Joe Cotchett)

  Profiting from the S&L/Bank Crisis
w/Paul Muolo

1991-1996
Freelance Investigative Reporter

Various. See www.stephen.pizzo.com

1994-1996
Web Review Magazine

(O'Reilly & Associates)
Senior Editor, National Affairs



1996-2000
Founding Member Dot.Com Bubble Co:

Quokka Sports.com

Producer, 2000 Sydney Olympics Official Web site
(IPO July 1999)



2000-2001
 Sailing Journalist

BT Global Challenge,  Whitbread Round the World Race, EDS Atlantic Challenge, Around Alone.
Challenge Business, Southampton, UK.




2001
Political Hack

Clinton group, DC. Carville, Lux, et al.
(Enron investigation)



2004 to current -- Blogger/Pilot
News For Real
Proof that old reporters never die -- they blog on.