Kathleen Murphy

Senior Reporter

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.

Selected Insights by Kathleen

Under Khan’s leadership, staffers air frustrations in wake of survey

06 June 2022 00:00 Mike Swift, Kathleen Murphy, Michael Acton, Curtis Eichelberger

Khan's relationship with that staff was in tatters, according to a staff survey recently made public.
Dispute over competition regulation seen as debate over democracy

02 May 2022 00:00 Kathleen Murphy

The link between market competition and democracy is creating an intellectual tug-of-war between progressives and their conservative counterparts.
Chamber of Commerce seeks to redirect FTC

28 March 2022 00:00 Kathleen Murphy

US Chamber of Commerce raise awareness about FTC actions the organization views as hostile to the American economy.
With Blunt’s objection, Bedoya’s path to FTC on hold

14 March 2022 00:00 Claude Marx, Kathleen Murphy

Republican senator vowing to hold up Bedoya’s confirmation because he wants the FTC to approve the acquisition of a farm company
- FTCWatch
- North America
Kept out of the game: The pitfalls African Americans face as divestiture buyers

13 December 2021 00:00 Curtis Eichelberger, Kathleen Murphy

FTC approves only the most experienced, well-financed divestiture buyers to ensure that competition lost from a merger will be replaced or even enhanced.