E. Scott Reckard
E. Scott Reckard is a former staffer writer who covered mortgage, housing and banking issues for the Los Angeles Times’ Business section. A longtime Southern California resident, he worked for 14 years as a reporter and editor for the Associated Press in Los Angeles before joining The Times in 1997. Past experiences have included writing about entertainment businesses, aerospace, tourism, workplace issues, Ponzi schemes and corporate fraud.
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