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Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch

Phoebe Petrovic is an investigative reporter at Wisconsin Watch and a 2022-2023 Law & Justice Journalism Project fellow. As a Report for America corps member from 2019-2022, Petrovic reported, produced, and hosted "Open and Shut," a podcast series co-published with Wisconsin Public Radio examining the power of prosecutors. Petrovic previously worked at WPR as a Lee Ester News Fellow, “Reveal” from the Center for Investigative Reporting as an editorial intern and NPR's "Here & Now" as a temporary producer. Her work has aired nationally on all of NPR's flagship news magazines. She holds a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Yale University.

Phoebe's Latest Articles

Graduating students in caps and gowns hug in front of the entrance to Fox Valley Lutheran High School.

False choice: Wisconsin taxpayers support schools that can discriminate

By Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch ● Politics ● May 8, 2023 May 5, 2023

Private schools received $443 million in taxpayer funds this year alone, and are free to discriminate against LGBTQ+ students and students with disabilities.

An image of a physical photo on a tabletop shows Tamara Loertscher holding her infant, Harmonious Ellner

Wisconsin’s “fetal protection” law, one of the nation’s most punitive, forces women into treatment or jail

By Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch ● Politics ● December 7, 2022 December 8, 2022

Wisconsin is one of just five states that allow civil detention for pregnant people accused of substance use.

Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch

False choice: Wisconsin taxpayers support schools that can discriminate

Wisconsin’s “fetal protection” law, one of the nation’s most punitive, forces women into treatment or jail

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