:en:Mary Ann Akers

{{short description|American journalist}}

Mary Ann Akers is a top congress editor at the news website The Messenger.{{cite web |title=Mary Ann Akers Adjunct Instructor School of Communication |url=https://www.american.edu/soc/faculty/akers.cfm |website=American University |access-date=13 December 2020}} She was a blogger and reporter for The Washington Post, a national correspondent for NPR and a political gossip columnist for Roll Call newspaper, appearing on CNN, MSNBC, ABC News and other networks to talk about her coverage of Congress and politics. She has written for Politico, the Huffington Post and other outlets.{{cite news|title=It Was My Primal Scream'|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/progressive-trump-vote-214534|accessdate=June 2, 2017|publisher=POLITICO|date=December 17, 2016}}

Her spouse is investigative journalist Michael Isikoff.{{cite news|last1=Glover|first1=Mary Clare|title=Luxury Homes: June 2007|url=http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/homes/luxury-homes-june-2007/|accessdate=June 2, 2017|work=Washingtonian|date=June 1, 2007}} They have a son, Zachary Akers Isikoff, born in 2009.{{cite news|last1=Dornic|first1=Matt|title=Isikoff and Akers Welcome Baby Zach!|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/isikoff-and-akers-welcome-baby-zach/|accessdate=June 2, 2017|work=AdWeek|date=October 6, 2009}}