Mary Kane
Mary Kane, a Washington-based financial journalist, has written or edited for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Scripps Media Center, MSNBC, The American Prospect, Mother Jones, Salon, National Geographic Digital, The Washington Post, Newhouse News Service and The Washington Independent. She also was selected as fellow for the 2012 Knight Inaugural Conference on Covering Poverty and was a 2011 Alicia Patterson fellow, covering consumer finance and financial literacy. Follow her on Twitter: @marykkane.
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