Bara Vaida has been writing about the intersection of money, politics and business for 10 years, with a focus on the business of lobbying as a staff correspondent at National Journal since 2003. Prior to the magazine, she spent five years focusing on the growing influence of the information technology industry in Washington D.C. for National Journal Group's Technology Daily. Her coverage has ranged from reporting on the city's top lobbying firms to telling stories that occurred behind the scenes of some of Washington D.C.'s biggest lobbying campaigns. Before covering politics, Vaida spent 7 years covering business news at the Trenton Times, Bloomberg Business News, and AFX News. Vaida earned a bachelor's degree in history from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and grew up in Stanton, New Jersey.
