Leah McGrath Goodman
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| Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | St. Bonaventure University ('98) |
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Leah McGrath Goodman is an American author and freelance journalist who has worked in New York City and London. She has contributed to publications and agencies such as Fortune,The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast Portfolio, the Associated Press, Forbes and The Guardian. In 2010 McGrath Goodman was the recipient of a Scripps Howard Foundation fellowship in environmental journalism. Her first book The Asylum: The Renegades Who Hijacked the World's Oil Market, about the global oil trading market, was published in 2011. In 2014, a Newsweek cover story where she allegedly uncovered the identity of bitcoin's inventor attracted widespread criticism.
McGrath Goodman was born in Boston, Massachusetts; her parents were a teacher and an artist. She graduated from St. Bonaventure University in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science.
In 2012, UK politician John Hemming tabled an early day motion regarding the withdrawal of McGrath Goodman's UK visa, because she had been prevented from entering the UK after declaring her intentions to investigate allegations of a cover-up regarding the Jersey child abuse investigation, despite having a clean immigration and travel record. In an interview with RT News, McGrath Goodman stated that she was confused as to why she was not allowed entry into the UK and was therefore unable to catch a connecting flight into Jersey. In 2013, the ban was lifted and a new visa granted after a campaign by British politicians and journalists. A major new inquiry into the abuse scandal led by a senior UK judge was also announced.
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