Joe Collum

JOE COLLUM is one of two reporters assigned to NBR's "Get Your Finances Ready for Retirement" series.

Joe has served as a reporter for newspapers and television stations in New York City, Houston, and Tampa. He has received more than 100 major journalism awards for his investigative reporting, including the duPont-Columbia Award and two George Polk Awards. His reports led to a Congressional inquiry on elder care, saved the lives of people denied adequate medical care, prevented hundreds of low income homeowners from being evicted, and resulted in the imprisonment of dozens of corrupt public officials.

Joe was also the first reporter in America to expose the widespread practice of racial profiling. (In fact, the Oxford English Dictionary credits him with coining the term.) A native of South Florida who has returned to his roots, Joe recently finished a Florida-based mystery novel, The Home Run.