David Phinney

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David Phinney is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster based in Washington, D.C., whose work has appeared on United States Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and American Broadcasting Company (ABC) as well as in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, San Francisco Examiner, Wired, Salon.com and many other news organizations.

In addition to documentary work and on-air reporting, Mr. Phinney is a frequent guest and analyst for BBC, cable news programs and radio. His work includes political coverage, national affairs, terrorism and security.

Known for penetrating, enterprise work that competing news organizations frequently reiterate, Mr. Phinney recently contributed a series of articles to CorpWatch.org on contractors and private military companies working in Iraq.

Mr. Phinney graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a dual major in English and Political Science.

He then co-founded Bay City Publications in the San Francisco Bay Area along with Steve Hills, now president of The Washington Post. Together, they launched the Bay City Business Journal and the Emeryville Guardian. With Phinney at the editorial helm, the two publications became widely recognized for investigative work that exposed political corruption and real estate scandals in California.