Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College
Penn State Investigative ReporterMassey investigates how Penn State University operates, including its influence in the region and state. The university receives more than $300 million in funding from the state but evades most transparency measures under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law. Massey scrutinizes the main University Park campus as well as the university’s 19 additional branch campuses.
A native of rural Wisconsin, Massey previously covered faith and religion for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Southeast Tennessee.
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The move is the latest in a yearslong dispute over records that the secretaries of state agencies use in their roles of Penn State trustees. -
Penn State’s internal reviews found alarming lapses in Cancer Institute Director Raymond Hohl’s care of patients. -
Internal records reveal that for years Penn State’s clinical cancer research was mired in deep-rooted and potentially dangerous problems. Then the people tasked with fixing it were dismissed. -
Despite warnings and calls for action, Penn State has stood by its cancer center director as it pursues a prestigious federal designation. -
The ruling upholds a Pennsylvania Office of Open Records decision that university documents shared with state agency leaders are public, even if they’re housed in an online file-sharing system. -
All of Penn State’s voting trustees attended the session on the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act, which was led by the state’s Office of Open Records. -
Penn State spent $1.7 million in the past two years on lobbying efforts in Harrisburg, outspending Penn, Pitt, and Temple. -
A recent legal settlement with Spotlight PA mandates that the university disclose what trustees are doing during their private conference sessions. -
The settlement ends roughly 18 months of litigation after Spotlight PA brought a case against the university’s board over alleged violations of Pennsylvania’s open meetings law. -
Transparency advocates are questioning the Penn State Board of Trustees’ use of closed-door meetings for discussion of potential campus closures that would affect thousands of employees and students.
