Allison Silver, Editor
Allison Silver is a former editor at The New York Times “Week in Review” section. She was the editor of The Los Angeles Times Sunday “Opinion” section from 1991 to 2000. She was Politics Producer for “Charlie Rose.” asilver@washingtonindependent.com
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
Arthur Allen, Science Policy Reporter
Arthur Allen is the science reporter for The Washington Independent. He worked as a foreign correspondent, bureau chief and editor for the Associated Press. He is the author of “Vaccine: the Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver.” He lives in Washington with his wife and two children.
aallen (at) washingtonindependent (dot) com
Matthew Blake, Oversight Reporter
Matthew Blake covers the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for the Washington Independent. He has done investigative reporting on social justice and government accountability issues for The Nation and Chicago Reporter magazines. He is unmistakably from the Midwest.
mblake (at) washingtonindependent (dot) com
Matthew DeLong, Campaign Blogger
Matthew DeLong is a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based reporter and blogger covering the Obama transition for The Washington Independent on its staff blog, The Independent Streak. He covered the McCain campaign for TWI from Arizona and aboard the McCain plane. 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
John Doughtery, Presidential Election Reporter
John Dougherty is a Phoenix-based freelance writer who covered economics and politics for Arizona weekly and daily newspapers for 24 years. He’s a graduate of Arizona State University with degrees in journalism and economics. jdougherty (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
Sridhar Pappu, National Politics Reporter
Sridhar Pappu covers national politics for The Washington Independent. Previous to joining TWI, he served as lead political writer for the “Style” section of The Washington Post. As a correspondent for Atlantic Monthly from 2004-2007 he wrote extensive profiles on the powerful, including Mitt Romney and Eliot Spitzer as well as mega-preacher T.D. Jakes. From 2001-2004 Pappu served as media columnist for The New York Observer. As part of his coverage of The New York Times, Pappu nabbed the first extensive interview with former reporter Jayson Blair. Pappu has written for several national publications including Sports Illustrated, The New York Times and Men’s Journal. A native of Oxford, Ohio, he graduated cum laude from Northwestern University where he holds bachelors and masters degrees from the Medill School of Journalism. A devoted fan of the Cincinnati Reds and Bengals, Pappu lives in in Northwest Washington with a lot of sports memorabilia.
Suemedha Sood, Environment Reporter
Suemedha Sood covers the environment for The Washington Independent. Her work has appeared in The Nation, AlterNet, Pop Matters, and Wiretap Magazine. When she’s not reporting for the Independent, she enjoys writing about food, art, music and culture for The Washington Post Express and The Onion A.V. Club. ssood (at) washingtonindependent (dot) com
