It's hard to say what role race really played in my case.

When we report stories, we don't just want to talk to people who did the right thing. We want to talk to people who did the wrong thing.

I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.

I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.

You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come out. The good, the bad, the ugly.

I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.

I am immensely contrite. And I'm sorry for the damage I've done.