My column focuses on consumer issues, scams and economic upheaval. Awards from the Detroit Society of Professional Journalists, SABEW (The Association of Business Journalists) and the Gerald Loeb Award 2015 for personal finance coverage, well as a 2008 Gerald Loeb honorable mention as part of the Free Press team covering autos. I have written extensively the massive financial meltdown and its impact on the auto industry in the Great Recession; Detroit's historic bankruptcy filing, which involved cutting pensions of city workers; and more recently, I chronicled the widespread tax refund delays and other troubles in the tax system during the pandemic.