Tom DeFrank, His reporting has been praised as "riveting." ABC News calls him "excellent, well-connected and influential" and "legendary." The American Journalism Review has rated him "one of the unsung stars of Washington journalism." The New York Times ranked him as one of the country's best political ghostwriters. And President Gerald Ford called him "one of the finest journalists I have ever known. Everyone I know feels the same way: you are fair, trustworthy and professional." ^[1]