Bio

PLEASE: NO SALES PITCHES OR SOLICITATION EMAIL: lou@qwoted.com, loucarlozo63@gmail.com Creator and host, the ''Bankadelic'' podcast * As full-time freelancer (2009-2016), one of the nation's top investment/finance writers * Investment contributor, U.S. News & World Report * Contributor: AICPA, Forbes Media * Managing Editor, Bank Administration Institute, AOL's WalletPop * Full-time contributor, Reuters Money * Lead contributor: Tribune Content Agency (L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel), Chicago Sun-Times Content Agency For 30 years I have lived and worked these principles: To produce professional content with authority, passion and verve. To motivate journalists and content specialists to do their very best work, and build first-rate teams where every player can grow, shine and have fun. To expunge ''impossible''​ from the dictionary. To employ the Golden Rule in all I do. To zig when everyone else is zagging. My principles and skills in action: * Created Money College, a personal finance site for college students and the only successful project in AOL's ''Seed''​ experiment of 2010. I recruited/supervised 3 dozen freelance journalists and generated many of the assignments, including a five-part series on skyrocketing tuitions. Within a month of launch, Money College landed a $50,000-a-month sponsorship from Sallie Mae. * Created and wrote ''On the Small Screen,''​ a nationally syndicated DVD column where I interviewed Oliver Stone, Jason Alexander, Betty White, John Cleese, Helen Mirren, Bob Newhart and countless other entertainment luminaries. * In a pioneering project for online journalism, worked in conjunction with WGBH in Boston to create an interactive timeline of every major event in Pope John Paul II's life. This earned me a Chicago Tribune Innovator Award. * Wrote a textbook on journalism (''Tap Your Passion: The Art and Heart of Reporting & Writing''​) used by students I've taught at two universities. Praised by the likes of James McBride (''The Color of Water'').