Maggie Severns is a reporter on The Wall Street Journal’s enterprise team based in Washington, D.C. She covers money and influence in the nation's capital, reporting about the people and organizations who have power — and the secretive ways they wield it.

Before joining the Journal, Maggie was a reporter and journalism instructor at the Allbritton Journalism Institute. She also spent eight years at Politico and several years launching and reporting for media startups. She wrote investigations and long-form stories about the biggest events in recent history, including the 2016 and 2020 elections and the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Maggie has been published in publications including The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Time, and Slate. She has appeared on MSNBC, CNBC, BBC, NPR’s Fresh Air, Amy Walter’s “The Takeaway”, The Brian Lehrer Show, CSPAN and other programs.