Sunlight Foundation Team Member
Nancy Watzman
Nancy Watzman is a Denver-based consultant to the Sunlight Foundation. Over the course of her career as an investigative journalist and researcher, 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 is one of the "gang of four" bloggers at the Denver Post's Politicswest.com, and also blogs at Muckraking Mom.
Recent blog contributions from Nancy Watzman
- OGD: Freeing health care data March 8, 2010
- U.S. Sugar's Sweet Deal March 8, 2010
- D.C. lobbyists drive Burr's fundraising March 8, 2010
- Must Read: NYT Series on Radiation Poisoning January 28, 2010
- FDA's transparency effort has new features, old content January 12, 2010
- FDA Holds Back Information on 9 of the 25 Most Prescribed Drugs January 6, 2010
- Extent of Lobbyist Contributions Remains Unknown December 15, 2009
- Too Little, Too Late December 7, 2009
- How Transparent is Your Turkey? November 25, 2009
- Researchers propose real time analysis of drug safety data November 24, 2009
- Researchers propose real time analysis of drug safety data November 24, 2009
- Gillibrand Touts Transparency November 19, 2009
- St. Jude Medical Quits AdvaMed November 10, 2009
- Drug Co Reps Say Clinical Trial Data Should Remain Secret November 3, 2009
- FDA hearing to highlight secret clinical trial data October 28, 2009
- How Congress and Special Interests Kept Clinical Trial Data Secret October 28, 2009
- Ask House Speaker Nancy Pelosi About Health Care October 14, 2009
- Ask Rep. George Miller About Health Care October 6, 2009
- ClinicalTrials.gov missing basic data September 8, 2009
- How well do popular drugs work? August 27, 2009
- BlogHer teams with Sunlight to get healthcare facts out August 17, 2009
- Transportation Dept withheld documents detailing cell phone hazards July 21, 2009
- Grassley feted by alternative med lobbyist June 17, 2009
- Non-earmark disclosing lawmakers feted by transportation interests June 11, 2009
- NRCC promos fundraiser for Dem June 10, 2009