Megan O’Matz
I’m a ProPublica reporter covering issues in Wisconsin and throughout the Midwest.
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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.
What Wisconsin’s Increasingly Partisan School Board Races Reveal About American Elections
As traditionally nonpartisan school board campaigns become polarized battlegrounds, voters in next week’s Wisconsin races may set the tone for how contentious races across the country will become this year.
Billionaire-Backed Group Enlists Trump-Supporting Citizens to Hunt for Voter Fraud Using Discredited Techniques
The Voter Reference Foundation is putting the nation’s voter rolls online while making unsupported claims suggesting election fraud. The group’s funding can be traced to a Super PAC funded by the CEO of Uline.
She Said Her Husband Was Abusive. A Judge Took Away Her Kids and Ordered Her Arrest.
The judge in Julie Valadez’s custody case found her disruptive, questioned her credibility and put out a warrant for her arrest. A rare appellate victory is now giving her case a fresh look, but Valadez still is fighting for her four children.