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bwintrode@wisconsinwatch.org

Brenda Wintrode joined the Center in July 2021 as a Roy W. Howard fellow. She is a native of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration at Bryant University in Rhode Island. After switching careers from finance, she was named the Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s outstanding master’s student when she graduated in 2020. As a reporter for the Howard Center, Wintrode was the lead writer on the award-winning investigation of the federal CARES Act’s failure to prevent evictions during the pandemic. She was also a key reporter on the center’s investigation of homelessness, documenting how cities treated people living in encampments. She covered Maryland state government for Capital News Service and did data analysis for Maryland Matters.

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Posted inFlawed Forensics

A controversial doctor. A disputed abuse diagnosis. Two convicted Wisconsin men say they are innocent.

by Brenda Wintrode / Wisconsin Watch April 30th, 2022May 10th, 2022 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

Dakota Black and Joshua Gehde are in prison for homicide after former UW Dr. Barbara Knox accused them of inflicting abusive head trauma.

Posted inFlawed Forensics, Justice & Safety

Embattled former UW child abuse pediatrician resigns Alaska position

by Michelle Theriault Boots / Anchorage Daily News and Brenda Wintrode / Wisconsin Watch January 28th, 2022February 3rd, 2022
Posted inFlawed Forensics, Justice & Safety

‘We were robbed’: Alaska couple loses custody of kids after erroneous abuse diagnosis from former UW doctor

by Brenda Wintrode / Wisconsin Watch and Michelle Theriault Boots / Anchorage Daily News January 20th, 2022February 1st, 2022
Posted inGovernment

‘This is a charade’: GOP senator, voting experts urge Wisconsin Republicans to halt election attacks

by Brenda Wintrode / Wisconsin Watch and Jim Malewitz / Wisconsin Watch December 13th, 2021January 7th, 2022
Posted inFlawed Forensics, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Wisconsin caregiver spent eight years, $250,000 in legal bills to exonerate herself from abuse charges

by Brenda Wintrode / Wisconsin Watch December 4th, 2021February 16th, 2022
Posted inFlawed Forensics, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Child abuse cases sparked by Dr. Barbara Knox rejected by Wisconsin judge, jury and prosecutor

by Brenda Wintrode / Wisconsin Watch December 2nd, 2021February 16th, 2022
Posted inFlawed Forensics, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Parents recount terror of wrongful child abuse diagnoses from former University of Wisconsin doctor

by Brenda Wintrode / Wisconsin Watch November 27th, 2021May 4th, 2022
Posted inFlawed Forensics, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Mass exodus at Alaska child abuse clinic as former Wisconsin doctor accused of bullying, misdiagnoses

by Brenda Wintrode / Wisconsin Watch and Michelle Theriault Boots / Anchorage Daily News November 15th, 2021March 14th, 2022

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