Anna Massoglia

Anna Massoglia is a political influence expert and investigative journalist with more than a decade of experience exposing the hidden forces of money, power, and politics. Anna’s work has been featured by major publications in the U.S. and abroad, including by CNN, NPR, Good Morning America, CBS News, PBS NewsHour, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other top outlets.

Anna currently serves as the Editor of MuckRock and worked as Director of Investigations at the Sunlight Research Desk, helping equip newsrooms to provide their communities fact-based, transparent investigative journalism holding power to account. 

As the founder and author of Influence Brief, Anna also helps readers to navigate the complex financial systems and influence networks shaping politics and public policy — in the U.S. and across the globe. She also works as an independent consultant and advisor for various organizations, offering expertise in research, strategy, and public policy.

Anna’s expertise has made her a sought-after speaker at high-profile forums, including with the National Press Foundation, the National Press Club, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard and University of Chicago Institute of Politics’ Campaign Journalism Conference, and the Online News Association. She has also engaged with international delegations such as the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, and the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. Her presentations on investigative techniques, media literacy, disclosure, and other issues related to political influence have reached diverse audiences, including policymakers, journalists, and academics.

Prior to her departure from OpenSecrets in December 2024, Anna oversaw the organization’s media, editorial, and communications department as editorial and investigations manager. She first joined OpenSecrets in September 2015 and rejoined in June 2018 to help launch Foreign Lobby Watch, which she led along with the center’s “dark money” research and editorial team. From 2018 to 2020, she was also responsible for an initiative tracking TV, radio, and online political advertising. 

Anna’s legal background further strengthens her investigative work. She earned her J.D. from the University of the District of Columbia School of Law in and graduated magna cum laude from North Carolina State University, where she earned a degree in political science with a concentration in American politics and a degree in psychology with honors.

In 2023, Anna was part of the Institute for Nonprofit News’ Emerging Leaders Council. 

Her professional experience also includes work as a research analyst and editor at Bloomberg Tax, where she authored expert content on international payroll and taxation. 

From 2013 to 2015, Anna completed an extended placement with the U.S. State Department Student Foreign Service program, where she developed the social media strategy of the Bureau of Energy Resources Public Policy and Diplomacy Division. Anna has held additional roles with the D.C. Superior Court Senior Judge’s Chambers, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Voting Rights Project, the D.C. Council Committee on Government Operations, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Sunlight Foundation. 

Anna was appointed in 2019 by the U.S. Treasury Department to be an alternate member of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, an IRS Federal Advisory Committee to the Internal Revenue Service that listens to taxpayer complaints, identifies key issues and makes recommendations for improving IRS services. In 2016, Anna was one of 200 participants invited by the White House to contribute ideas and opinions at the United State of Young Women Forum in support of the 2016 United State of Women Summit.

Her most recent articles can be found on Influence Brief.