Laura McGann, Managing Editor

Laura McGann is a former reporter-blogger at Talking Points Memo. She has also worked for the Dow Jones newswire, where her bankruptcy reporting was picked up by The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press. A story McGann broke about an anti-terrorism data mining program run by the Department of Education and the FBI was inspiration for her dog’s name, FOIA. lmcgann (at) washingtonindependent (dot) com

Spencer Ackerman, National Security Reporter

Spencer Ackerman is national security correspondent for The Washington Independent. He has reported for Talking Points Memo, The American Prospect and The New Republic.

sackerman (at) washingtoninependent(dot)com

Matthew DeLong, Blog Editor

Matthew DeLong edits TWI’s staff blog, The Independent Streak, where he also covers the Obama transition. DeLong worked the McCain beat for TWI from Arizona and aboard the McCain plane in 2008. He has previously reported for the Arizona Daily Sun and KNAU Arizona Public Radio in Flagstaff, as well as Campaigns & Elections (now Politics) magazine in Arlington, Va. mdelong (at) washingtonindependent (dot) com

Daphne Eviatar, Law Reporter

Daphne Eviatar a New York-based writer and lawyer who covers legal issues for The Washington Independent. She is a senior reporter at The American Lawyer. A former Alicia Patterson fellow and Pew International Journalism fellow, her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, The Nation and many others.

deviatar (at) washingtonindependent (dot) com

Mary Kane, Economy Reporter

Mary Kane covers middle-class finance for The Washington Independent. She is a business writer whose work has appeared in Salon, The Washington Post, Politico.com, The Newark Star-Ledger and other publications. She covered finance for Newhouse News Service in Washington for 11 years. She lives in Arlington, Va., with her husband and three children.

mkane (at) washingtonindependent (dot) com

Mike Lillis, Congress Reporter

Mike Lillis follows Congress for The Washington Independent. Previously, he has covered health care policy with Inside Washington Publishers, and been DC correspondent for Iowa’s Waterloo Courier. He lives in Washington, DC.

mlillis (at) washingtonindependent (dot) com