Biography
Kevin Mooney is an investigative reporter and author who writes for several Washington D.C.-area based publications including: the Washington Times, Washington Examiner, BigGovernment.com, Big Hollywood.com, Big Peace.com, the Daily Caller, The American Spectator, the Capital Research Center, NewsBusters and NetRightDaily.com. He also works as an investigative reporter for The Pelican Institute, a free market think tank based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Kevin previously worked as a reporter with CNSNews.com where he broke several news stories concerning border security policies, drug cartel activity and potential acts of terrorism.
He also has also reported on the environmental movement, its impact on economic activity and new scientific data that questions the premise of man-made global warming. Another special area of interest concerns the actions of organized labor and how it relates back to public policy and the free market.
Kevin has appeared on the “Glenn Beck Program” several times to discuss the connection between The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). Kevin was also the first to report on the $53 million in federal funding ACORN has received since 1994, and the $8 billion that has remained on the table, despite on-going investigations.
Prior to arriving in Washington D.C., Kevin worked as a reporter for the Trenton Times and Forbes Newspapers in New Jersey. He also held editorial positions with Dow Jones and Company and Bloomberg News in Princeton, N.J.
He is associated and affiliated with the following organizations:
- Investigative Reporters and Editors
- The Society of Professional Journalists
- The National Press Club
- The Philadelphia Society
- The Federalist Society
- Young America’s Foundation
- The State Policy Network
- The Amateur Astronomer’s Association of Princeton
- The Ancient Order of Hibernians
