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Katelyn Ferral is a Florida-based freelance investigative reporter. She was previously on the investigations team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where her work was also regularly published in USA TODAY.
Ferral studied Eastern European politics and the transatlantic relationship in graduate school and taught English in Ukraine. At the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she reported from the Ukraine-Poland border for USA TODAY, documenting the refugee crisis and human toll of the war in its early weeks.
She has reported extensively on the military and veterans affairs on the state and national level. She was named a Livingston Award finalist in 2022 for national reporting for her investigative work on the National Guard and was awarded the American Legion's Fourth Estate Award for national reporting on the military the same year. She has also received the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi award for her work documenting abuses at a Wisconsin nursing home for veterans.
Before coming to the Journal Sentinel, she was the investigative reporter at The Cap Times in Madison, Wis. where she focused on political and state government enterprise reporting on various state agencies.
She also covered the energy industry at the Pittsburgh Tribune Review and local government at the News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C.
Wisconsin has lagged behind other Midwestern states in testing for PFAS. Journal Sentinel testing found the chemicals are likely widespread.
As America increasingly leans on the Guard, leaders haven't kept pace with the mental health burden facing soldiers.
The Guard has buried allegations, withheld crucial documents from victims and retaliated against women who have come forward, an investigation shows.
"Failure to Protect" is a four-part investigation by reporter Katelyn Ferral into the Wisconsin Army National Guard and its treatment of soldiers who are sexually abused in its service. The
More than 25 current and former King employees, residents and family members say residents are not receiving adequate care at King, even as the state brings in millions more each
One veteran caught fire while smoking his pipe. Says his daughter: 'We saw him on Monday, Wednesday he burned up, and Friday he was dead.'
The Cap Times interviewed 13 people, four of whom said they were sexually assaulted and manipulated as children attending Calvary Gospel Church. Nine others, including parents, siblings of alleged victims,
Robert Piaro solicits money for four political action committees with names that sound like charities. According to federal records, the donated money largely goes into the pockets of the man
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused thousands of civilian deaths. Read about three Ukrainians who lost family members and loved ones in the war.
Pieces of normal life in Mariupol disappeared one right after the other in the early days of the Russian occupation. Here, stories from four people in the city are retold, translated from their native language, in their own words.