Noreen Stroud was a journalist with the Washington Gazette. Her father was a major figure in the financial community. After the events of the California Presidential Primary, Stroud wrote an article for the Gazette entitled "It's a Circus! It's a Fireworks Display! No... It's a Presidential Candidate" about the dramatic experience of the Palmer family. Stroud joked that her own life was boring by comparison, with nobody in her family having come close to falling off a ledge, and not a single explosion in her house in weeks. (Findings at CTU)