John Dougherty (Journalist)

John Dougherty
Education	Arizona State University
Occupation	Investigative Journalist
Children	Jed, Joey

John Dougherty is an award winning American freelance investigative journalist. Subjects he has reported on include: the Keating Five scandal and the S&L crisis, Arizona Governor Fife Symington III, the FLDS Church and its leader Warren Jeffs, and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. In 2010, he ran as a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Arizona.

Dougherty was raised in Fairfax, Virginia. He attended Arizona State University from 1974 to 1981. He graduated with two degrees: B.S. Journalism (1978) and B.S. Economics (1981).

John Dougherty's May 21, 1989 front page piece in the Dayton Daily News broke the story of the Keating Five. His source was Edwin J. Gray, former chair of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. The subsequent congressional ethics committee hearings of Senators Alan Cranston, Dennis DeConcini, John Glenn, John McCain, and Donald W. Riegle began in November of that year.

Two years later in 1991, John Dougherty was working for the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, Arizona and was still very interested in the connections between politicians and the S&L crisis. He began looking into Arizona governor Fife Symington III and his role as a board member of Southwest Savings and Loan. He continued his coverage of Symington for over ten years, writing more than 66 articles on Symington. His coverage foreshadowed Symington's 1997 conviction on federal bank and wire fraud charges and resignation as Arizona governor.

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