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Vanessa Swales joined the Center as an investigative reporter in 2020. Swales is a multilingual British-American-Iranian reporter who has worked in London, New York, San Francisco and Málaga, Spain. She most recently completed a reporting fellowship at the New York Times. Swales is a graduate of the Spanish-language journalism program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, where she specialized in investigative and data journalism. She previously worked for NBC Investigations, Reveal, Diario SUR and SUR in English. She speaks fluent Spanish, and intermediate French, and basic Italian and Farsi.

Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Cruel and Unusual?, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

‘He shouldn’t have had to die’: COVID-19 infects half of Wisconsin inmates, five times the overall state rate

by Vanessa Swales February 13th, 2021March 5th, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

Prisoners lack space and some say rules to curb COVID-19 are unevenly enforced

Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin

Partisan gridlock at Wisconsin Elections Commission frustrates voters, local officials

by Vanessa Swales October 26th, 2020February 24th, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety

Before Jacob Blake, Kenosha had a history of police shootings

by Vanessa Swales August 28th, 2020February 24th, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety

‘I just killed somebody’: Vigilantes inject danger into police brutality protests in Kenosha, nationwide

by Jim Malewitz and Vanessa Swales August 28th, 2020February 24th, 2021

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