Rob Blackwell is a journalist who currently serves as Washington bureau chief for American Banker newspaper. A native of Great Falls, Va., he has worked as a reporter for the Loudoun Times-Mirror, Eastern Loudoun Times and a columnist for the South County Chronicle. He has made several radio and television appearances, including on NPR, BBC, CNBC and C-Span. He has won several Virginia Press Association awards and was co-winner of the Jesse H. Neal Award for Business Journalism. He lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.