Francine McKenna

Francine McKenna is an investigative journalist and educator focused on the accounting industry, specifically the Big Four global accounting firms. She is a lecturer in financial accounting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and authors the newsletter The Dig, where she scrutinizes accounting, audit, and corporate governance issues. McKenna is best known for her independent reporting on audit firm failures and her documentation of accounting irregularities at major corporations. She previously served as the Financial Transparency reporter for Dow Jones/MarketWatch and spent over 20 years in public accounting and consulting prior to her journalism career.