Kathleen Murphy is a senior reporter for FTCWatch and previously served as an editor in the MLex Washington, DC, office.

Murphy worked as a reporter and editor for CQ Roll Call, Stateline.org and Internet World. Early in her career, she served as the Marco Island bureau chief and columnist for the Naples (Fla.) Daily News.

Murphy was Marymount University’s inaugural journalist in residence for the 2019 to 2020 academic year. She earned degrees from Yale Divinity School and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.