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Megan O’Matz

I’m a ProPublica reporter covering issues in Wisconsin and throughout the Midwest.

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I’m interested in tips about public corruption, corporate mismanagement or institutional failures that have harmed people in Wisconsin.

What I Cover:

I report on state and local government in Wisconsin, along with politics, voting issues, injustice, social issues and consumer affairs.

My Background:

I’ve been a reporter with ProPublica since 2021. I’ve written a lot about voting processes in Wisconsin, a swing state, as well as stories about family court, prosecutorial blunders and predatory lending.

Previously, I worked at the South Florida Sun Sentinel, where I was on the investigative team for over 15 years. My colleagues and I were finalists for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for stories about widespread fraud in federal disaster aid programs after a series of devastating hurricanes. I also shared in the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the failures of school administrators and police officers in connection with the Parkland school shooting. Early in my career, I covered the statehouse in Pennsylvania.

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