Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher is the founder of firedoglake.com. Her work has also appeared on the Huffington Post, Alternet and The American Prospect. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, PBS and the BBC and is the author of the best selling book Killer Instinct. She has produced such films Natural Born Killers and Permanent Midnight and currently lives in Washington, D.C.

Firedoglake, one of the leading progressive blogs, is best known for its groundbreaking coverage of the Valerie Plame case and liveblogging of the Scooter Libby trial. FDL features energetic reporting on the leading issues of the day and features weekly Book Salons with such authors as John Dean, Naomi Klein, Matt Taibbi, and Paul Krugman. FDL is also the home of the Blue America column and Accountability Now PAC, which have raised millions of dollars for progressive candidates and causes.