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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Several years after a perfect score, Penn State football’s academic standing dropped to its lowest point in more than a decade, according to NCAA data. -
Across Penn State’s campuses, female instructional staff earn on average about 80% of what their male colleagues make. Penn State argues the federal data do not show the full picture. -
5 takeaways from Spotlight PA's ‘Missed Conduct’ investigation on Penn State’s post-Sandusky reformsWhat Spotlight PA found in its investigation into Penn State’s compliance, ethics, and misconduct reporting systems created following the Sandusky scandal. -
Spotlight PA wants to better understand how the largest public university in Pennsylvania handles reports of misconduct. -
An investigation of the Pa. university revealed widespread distrust in misconduct reporting systems and that the ethics office fell into chaos. -
Transparency into how Pennsylvania’s state-related universities spend annual appropriations is limited. -
Penn State paid five private law firms more than $4 million in fiscal year 2022, despite having its own Office of General Counsel. -
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education asked for documents following media reports of campus controversies. The agency will decide whether or not to take action against Penn State in July. -
The closed-door meeting in 2022 is the latest in a pattern of potential Sunshine Act violations by Penn State trustees. -
Jennifer Hamer, special adviser of institutional equity, accused Penn State students of spreading misinformation for supporting a professor whose resignation criticized her husband.
