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LEAVE YOUR MARK: Freshly Brewed Career Advice with Aliza Licht

Emily Palmer on Her Endless Pursuit of the Story: From Being Anna Delvey's Favorite Journalist to High-Profile Murderers and Drug Lords

LEAVE YOUR MARK: Freshly Brewed Career Advice with Aliza Licht

Aliza Licht

Business, Careers

5.0585 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Emily Palmer is an investigative reporter whose work has taken her from a jail cell at Rikers Island to small mountain pueblos in Durango, México. She has traveled across the country inspecting child welfare laws, uncovered environmental damage in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and embedded with the Sinaloa Cartel to tell the story of the drug war from across the border.  Emily has daily covered high-profile trials from New York, including drug lord Joaquín Guzmán "El Chapo" Loera and R&B artist R. Kelly. She has also gained exclusive access to inmates, including El Chapo's wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro. She had just finished covering El Chapo's trial when her editor asked if she was interested in covering the trial of Upper East Side con artist Anna "Delvey" Sorokin. Her answer: "Did anybody die?" Her editor said no, and Emily said, "I'm in." Going from her usual coverage of murder and heavy drugs to pursuing the trial of Anna Delvey seemed boring. That is until she met her. In this episode, Emily shares what it takes to do her job. Spoiler alert: A LOT, and it's often dangerous. We dive deep into the challenges of covering high-profile cases, sacrificing her personal life for the endless pursuit of the story, and how she and Anna Delvey have become very "close, close, close" source and reporter friends, and regularly texting while Anna continues to be on house arrest.

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0:00.0

Hi, everyone.

0:08.7

It's Elisa Likt here, your host, and I'm so thrilled to share that my new book, On Brand,

0:14.3

Shape Your Narrative, Share Your Vision, Shift Their Perception, is out now.

0:20.6

I hope you'll pick up a copy because personal branding is for

0:23.9

everyone. It's for the new graduate starting out, the middle manager looking to level up,

0:28.9

the executive who wants to be a thought leader, the entrepreneur starting from scratch.

0:34.2

It's for anyone who wants to pivot or transition into something new. Because having

0:39.4

a strong personal brand means that your name gets dropped in rooms, you're not in, and that

0:44.7

you're thought of for opportunities that other people haven't even heard of yet. So pick up a

0:49.8

copy, and I can't wait to hear what you think.

0:57.2

Hi, this is Elisa Likt and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast where I grew fresh

1:01.9

career advice with some of my most inspiring and successful friends.

1:06.0

It's professional advice that you can action immediately, whether you're just starting out

1:10.3

in your career or well

1:11.7

on your way. With a massive to-do list and a large cup of coffee, I promise that you can get it

1:17.5

all done and still have time to post about it. Emily Palmer is an investigative reporter whose

1:25.7

work has taken her from a jail cell at Rikers Island

1:29.3

to small mountain pueblos in Durango, Mexico. She has traveled across the country inspecting

1:35.6

child welfare laws, uncovered environmental damage in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and embedded

1:41.0

with the Sinaloa cartel to tell the story of the drug war from across the border.

1:47.1

From New York, Emily has daily covered the highest profile trials of drug king,

1:54.2

Piano Chappo, con artist Anna Delvey, aka Anna Sorokin, and R&B singer R. Kelly. Her work was recently highlighted on ABC's

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