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 university’s most recent layoff estimate, as it looks to shrink its budget deficit, does not include fixed-term employees or research and teaching assistants. -
Despite a funding boost, Pennsylvania’s state-related universities may still raise what is already some of the most expensive tuition in the nation.
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Spotlight PA received several tips alleging Penn State chartered a private jet for President Bendapudi to attend the football game, so we asked Penn State who paid for it. -
Internal messages reveal Penn State leaders are finishing layoff plans this month. President Neeli Bendapudi has said the university is in a “vulnerable state” but not a “financial crisis.” -
Penn State described an employee being paid by an outside group as “not uncommon.” Are other employees being paid like this? -
Penn State appears to be dropping most intervention and oversight of Greek life, an internal memo states. -
President Bendapudi pledged to address it, but the university already broke a promise to deliver merit-based raises. -
What the public can and can’t know about Four Diamonds, beneficiary of Penn State THON’s fundraisingPenn State’s Four Diamonds has spent $239.4 million since fiscal year 2009. Here’s what we know about how the money was used. -
The student group responsible for campus tours was temporarily shut down in 2021 while the university investigated. But officials said they did not substantiate hazing claims. -
While four local police departments were reimbursed for services that night, the university has not cut a check for the 70 State Police employees on hand — and it won’t say why.
