Ms. Kern is a Senior Correspondent covering antitrust and competition issues on Capitol Hill for The Capitol Forum. Prior to joining the publication, she spent more than 15 years as a policy and politics reporter on Capitol Hill for major news outlets, including POLITICO and Bloomberg Government, where she reported on social media companies, kids’ online safety, privacy, tech firms’ liability shield, and cybersecurity. She also brings government experience from her role as a public affairs officer at the Federal Trade Commission under Chair Lina Khan, where she oversaw communications on major tech enforcement cases, including the COPPA violation lawsuit against TikTok. Ms. Kern graduated from American University with a degree in journalism.
