Marcia Vickers
Senior Writer
FORTUNE

Click to zoom Marcia Vickers is a senior writer at Fortune Magazine. She primarily writes investigative pieces, features and profiles.

Prior to joining Fortune, she was a senior writer at BusinessWeek Magazine, where she worked for six years. From 1996 to 1998, Marcia wrote for the New York Times. She was the chief editor of a Wall Street magazine and the founding editor of Successful Retirement Magazine in 1992.

Ms. Vickers has appeared on CNN, CNBC, "ABC News' World News Tonight," ABC's "Good Morning America," National Public Radio, among other media outlets, to discuss various issues.

She has won several journalism honors, including the Medill/Strong Financial Writing Award. Her work was included in the book, "Best Business Crime Writing of the Year" in 2002. In 2005, she was a runner-up in the Business Journalist of the Year Awards.

Notable articles include, "Damaged Goods: The House of Izzy" (Fortune, Nov 2005); "The Secret World of Marsh Mac" (BusinessWeek cover story, Nov 2004); "The Most Powerful Trader on Wall Street You've Never Heard of" (BW cover, July 2003); "The Fallen Financier" (BW cover, Dec 2002).

Ms. Vickers has a master's degree from Columbia University 's Graduate School of Journalism, where she graduated with honors. She was an adjunct professor at the school for four years.