Marian Wang
Marian Wang was a reporter for ProPublica, covering education and college debt.
Marian Wang was a reporter for ProPublica, covering education and college debt. She joined ProPublica in 2010, first blogging about a variety of accountability issues. Her later stories focused on how rising college costs and the complexity of the student loan system affect students and their families. Prior to coming to ProPublica, she worked at Mother Jones magazine in San Francisco and freelanced for a number of Chicago-based publications, including The Chicago Reporter, an investigative magazine focused on issues of race and poverty.
EPA’s Letters to Fracking Companies Request Information, With a Legal Threat
An EPA request for detailed information from nine drilling companies about hydrofracking fluids includes a veiled threat to take legal action. And it requests the names and titles of the people providing the information.
by Marian Wang,
More Citigroup Execs Knew of Subprime Exposure, but SEC Says Its Settlement Is 'Adequate'
Despite acknowledging that more Citigroup executives knew about the company's subprime exposure, the SEC argues that its settlement -- charging two execs and fining Citi $75 million -- was "fair, reasonable, adequate."
by Marian Wang,
BP's Internal Investigation vs. What We Already Know
BP's long-awaited internal report is out, and, not surprisingly, it shares the blame with contractors Halliburton and Transocean.
by Marian Wang,
Watchdogs: Gov’t Spent $196 Keeping Secrets For Every $1 Spent Declassifying Documents
The federal government has reduced the backlog of Freedom of Information requests by 40 percent, but still has a long way to go, a new secrecy report card says.
by Marian Wang,