Nancy Watzman

Nancy Watzman is an investigative journalist and researcher living in Denver, Colorado. She is a consultant to the Sunlight Foundation. Over the course of her career, she has worked for a number of Washington-based watchdog and advocacy groups, including Public Campaign, the Center for Responsive Politics, and the Center for Public Integrity. She is co-author, with Micah Sifry, of "Is That a Politician in Your Pocket? Washington on $2 Million a Day," (Wiley Books, 2004) contributed to "The Buying of the Congress" (Avon Books, 1998), and has penned articles and opinion pieces for publications such as Harper's Magazine, The Nation, The New Republic, The Washington Monthly, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.

She has served as a fellow with the Center for Independent Media and was recipient of a Century Foundation investigative journalism grant. She lives in Denver with her husband Mark, their son Leo and their daughter Anya Rose. She also blogs at Muckraking Mom. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College.