Jeff Mcdonald

Jeff McDonald is a watchdog and accountability journalist at The San Diego Union-Tribune. He has been an irritant to elected officials across San Diego County since he arrived at the newspaper in 1998, although readers appear to appreciate his interest in local doings. In past years, he has drawn attention to a variety of issues, from exposing a major theft ring inside the San Diego Food Bank and lax oversight in San Diego area assisted-living homes to recurring deaths in San Diego County jails and a exposing a back-room deal between electric utility executives and California regulators that resulted in an million rebate to consumers.