Experience

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  Self-employed

  • Seattle, Washington, United States

  • Independent Journalist and Author

    • Jun 2024 - Present
    • Seattle, Washington, United States

    Book author, investigative journalist and a now-retired beat reporter and newspaper editor with nearly 40 years of experience in the field.

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  HousingWire

  • Seattle, Washington, United States

  • Journalist

    • Sep 2021 - May 2024
    • Seattle, Washington, United States

    Senior Reporter — covering housing finance, with a focus on the secondary market [www.housingwire.com/author/williamconroy]. Worked full-time for HousingWire for more than a year, until November 2022, when I decided to reduce my workload to concentrate on doing investigative journalism for the pu...

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  Freelance Journalist

  • Seattle, Washington, United States

  • Investigative Journalist and author

    • May 2020 - Aug 2021
    • Seattle, Washington, United States

    Pursued freelance writing assignments and also penned a book, Dispatches from the "House of Death — A Juarez Cartel informant, a DEA whistleblower, mass murder and a coverup on the edge of the Empire."

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  Seattle Business magazine

  • Seattle

  • Managing Editor

    • Feb 2019 - Apr 2020
    • Seattle

    Seattle Business hires Conroy as managing editorBill Conroy, former editor of the San Antonio Business Journal, has been hired as managing editor for Seattle Business magazine.Emma Franke of Seattle Business writes, Conroy served as editor in chief of the San Antonio Business Journal for 20 years...

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  Scotsman Guide Media

  • Metro Seattle

  • Editor in Chief

    • Jun 2015 - Jan 2019
    • Metro Seattle

    Served as Managing Editor of Scotsman Guide Media from June 2015 to September 2017, prior to promotion to Editor in Chief.From a press release issued when I was hired:Scotsman Guide Media, publisher of two national monthly trade magazines targeting mortgage professionals, has hired veteran invest...

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  Narco News [www.narconews.com]

  • Nonprofit Online Publication

  • Senior Investigative Correspondent

    • 2004 - Dec 2018
    • Nonprofit Online Publication

    • Correspondent covering the drug war for the nonprofit investigative publication Narco News [www.narconews.com] Selected Books Citing My Journalism Work• Trying to Make It: The Enterprises, Gangs, and People of the American Drug Trade By R.V. Gundur — 2022• Drug Wars and Covert Netherworlds: ...

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  The Daily Beast

  • Seattle

  • Freelance Reporter

    • Oct 2014 - Sep 2015
    • Seattle

    Online daily news publication based in New York City

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  San Antonio Business Journal

  • San Antonio, Texas

  • Editor-In-Chief

    • 1994 - May 2014
    • San Antonio, Texas

    An American City Business Journals newspaper

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  CityBusiness

  • Managing Editor

    • 1991 - 1993

    A weekly business newspaper serving the Minneapolis/St. Paul market — now part of ACBJ

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  Phoenix Business Journal

  • Phoenix, Arizona Area

  • Finance Reporter

    • 1990 - 1991
    • Phoenix, Arizona Area

    An ACBJ newspaper

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  Waukesha County Freeman

  • Waukesha, Wisconsin Area

  • Business Page Editor/Reporter

    • 1989 - 1990
    • Waukesha, Wisconsin Area

    A daily newspaper serving Waukesha and the northern suburbs of Milwaukee, Wis.

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  Milwaukee Business Journal

  • Milwaukee, WI

  • Health Care and Insurance Reporter

    • 1988 - 1989
    • Milwaukee, WI

    An ACBJ newspaper

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  Milwaukee Shepherd/Express

  • Milwaukee, WI

  • Investigative Reporter/Co-founder

    • 1987 - 1988
    • Milwaukee, WI

    Milwaukee's alternative weekly newspaper I worked as a volunteer reporter and later assistant editor for the newspaper from 1983 until 1986, when it was a monthly publication — originally started in 1982 as free-expression magazine by a group of students at UW-Milwaukee. I came onboard full-t...

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  Milwaukee Business Journal

  • Milwaukee, WI

  • Health Care Reporter

    • 1985 - 1987
    • Milwaukee, WI

    An ACBJ newspaper

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  Marquette University

  • Milwaukee, WI

  • Research Assistant

    • 1982 - 1985
    • Milwaukee, WI

    Duties included coordinating survey projects, overseeing students working on research projects, teaching some classes and conducting research for the Mass Communications Department.

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  Midwest Racing News

  • Milwaukee, WI

  • Copyeditor

    • 1984 - 1984
    • Milwaukee, WI

    A local newspaper covering auto racing