Mary Schwager
Mary Schwager
Consumer Watchdog
About the Author
Mary Schwager, AKA Galtime's "WatchDogMary" is a journalist with more than 17 years experience. She's won more than two-dozen local, regional, national and international journalism awards for investigative, consumer, feature reporting and writing including 11 Emmy Awards and 7 Edward R. Murrow Awards and numerous Associated Press honors. She worked as a television reporter, investigative reporter and investigative producer at network affiliated stations across the country including Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Milwaukee, WI, Indianapolis, Indiana and in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from Marquette University in Milwaukee, she also conducted criminal and insurance fraud investigations as a state licensed detective. Mary is a national consumer columnist for The Examiner. Do you have something you want Mary to check out? Do you have a story idea? Please email her at maryschwager@galtime.com You can also follow her on Twitter @WatchDogMary and "like" her on Facebook.
From this Author
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Tax Time Identity Theft WarningHow to protect yourself from tax identity theft As if filing your taxes isn’t stressful enough, now you’ve got to make sure crooks don... |
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Choosing a Financial Planner: Should You Trust Your Gut?Crime author Patricia Cornwell made major headlines last week when she won a 50 million dollar judgment against a financial manager she claimed... |
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How to Run Your Love Life Like a Business“You’re fired!” Those two little words are something most people hate to say, but in the search for The One, you may want to... |
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How to Run Your Love Life Like a Business“You’re fired!” Those two little words are something most people hate to say, but in the search for The One, you may want to... |
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Online Dating Scam is Out to Hook Your WalletProtect yourself from catfishing If Valentine’s Day came and went and you’re still looking for love, you may want to consider joining the... |
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Outsmart iPhone ThievesProtect yourself from phone theft The moment I even think my smartphone is missing I freak out. My heart starts to pound. My breathing increases. My... |
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Do You Have to Give Back the Ring? Legally?How a broken engagement can end up in court -- all over a ring You know what Valentine's Day means for some couples -- on February 15th there... |
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10 Ways to Avoid Being Ripped Off Buying Health InsuranceTips for buying health insurance Is a health insurance check-up on your financial to-do list for 2013? Whether your employer offers you a couple... |
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Skin-Cancer Apps Can Be Dangerously WrongDo you think that mole on your arm is suspicious? Or what about that lesion that’s changed in shape? Could that skin tag be skin cancer? There... |
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5 Ways to Recoup Your Cash After the Expiration of the Payroll Tax HolidayHow to keep more of what you earn There’s nothing like resolving to get fiscally fit this year only to start out with less take-home pay than... |
