WisconsinWatch.org (https://www.wisconsinwatch.org/author/vanessa-swales/)
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.
The commission that oversees voting in the swing state has deadlocked along party lines on key issues, resulting in inconsistency, turmoil and delays.
One shooting in 2004 led to statewide reform, requiring outside reviews of shootings by law enforcement in Wisconsin
A 17-year-old answering a call to arms to protect property faces murder charges after allegedly shooting two men to death during a protest over a police shooting