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Please Welcome Our New Editor, Mary Kane!

Aaron Wiener — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:19:10 +0000

I’m thrilled to announce that after nearly two months of heroic interim leadership by Holly Yeager, The Washington Independent has a new editor: Mary Kane, our beloved longtime economy reporter.

Mary knows the ins and outs of TWI as well as anyone. She joined the team before the site even existed, back in late 2007, and with us she’s churned out countless gems of reporting, for which she won two Society of Professional Journalists awards. Previously, she covered finance for 11 years as a national correspondent for Newhouse News Service in Washington and freelanced for The Washington Post, Politico, Salon, and Crain’s Chicago Business. She’s also a two-time Excellence in Financial Journalism award winner. But most important, she has a keen journalistic sense that we’re confident will guide TWI to new heights in the coming months and years.

It’s truly a frabjous day here at TWI. Please join me in congratulating Mary on her well-deserved new job.

TWI’s Mary Kane Takes Multiple SPJ Awards for Foreclosure Crisis Reporting

Matthew DeLong — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:47:42 +0000

Anybody who’d been following the ace reporting of TWI’s Mary Kane on the foreclosure crisis knows she’s one of the best in the business. Still, it’s nice for her to receive some official recognition of that fact.

At the Society of Professional Journalists DC Pro Chapter’s Dateline Awards Dinner on Tuesday, Mary — who was up against some of the best reporters in Washington — took first place in the “Best Feature in a Daily Newspaper” category for a heart-wrenching story she wrote about one Northern Virginia immigrant’s eviction during the holiday season. Mary also took second place in the “Best Business Reporting in a Daily Newspaper” category for a two-part series on foreclosures in Prince George’s County, Md.

TWI is very fortunate to have a reporter of Mary’s caliber digging up the real-life stories of the people at the center of the housing crisis. Congratulations, Mary. You deserve it!

Didn’t I Read This Somewhere Already?

Laura McGann — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:44:18 +0000

This morning’s Wall Street Journal has an interesting story on how the government’s $4 billion neighborhood stabilization program isn’t nearly enough to address the problems faced by communities with thousands of homes in foreclosure.

But wait, haven’t I read this story before?

Mary Kane reported the same story, complete with riveting video, for us a week and a half ago. Mary visited a community in Northern Virginia with a realtor who took her on a tour of a home that now sits empty.

The foreclosure crisis is the harrowing part of the most important story of the year, the U.S.’ crumbling economy, and should be covered by every newspaper. But just remember, Mary Kane has each facet first.

Join her here, as she watches the heart-wrenching process of an eviction.

False Hope on the Home Front

Aaron Wiener — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:30:12 +0000

As Jerry Garcia put it, “Every silver lining’s got a touch of grey.”

Finally, home sales have begun to rebound. But as Mary Kane points out in an insightful analysis, the rising sales of foreclosed homes are more a sign of the housing market’s troubles than a harbinger of better economic times.

Read all about it here.