Investigative Journalist

Mary Jacoby

1 article 1997

Mary Jacoby is a journalist who has worked for several major publications, including the Wall Street Journal and the St. Petersburg Times. She contributed to The Weekly Standard in 1997, writing an investigative piece examining the practices of a citizen lobby group.

THE SINS OF A SELF-STYLED CITIZEN LOBBY

July 28, 1997 · Blog

Tom Andrews, national program director for the "watchdog" group Citizen Action, stood on a platform at a Washington hotel last March brandishing a broom. Under a banner that read "Campaign for Clean Elections," the former Democratic congressman from Maine unveiled for reporters Citizen Action's…