Reporting on extremist politics within the US

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• On Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 4 p.m. Central time, Wisconsin Watch will host a free, stay Zoom occasion on the subject of masking political extremism. 
• The occasion will characteristic a dialog between Wisconsin Watch reporter and ProPublica fellow Phoebe Petrovic and state bureau chief Matthew DeFour. 
• The hyperlink to RSVP is right here, and full background particulars are beneath. 

All through 2024, Wisconsin Watch reporter and ProPublica fellow Phoebe Petrovic produced a number of in-depth investigative items on the complicated matter of extremism and the rising affect of the spiritual proper on American political discourse. 

In July, Petrovic reported on the rising affect of militant anti-abortion activist and Wisconsin pastor Matthew Trewhella within the fashionable Republican Celebration. Whereas he was a political pariah within the Nineties and 2000s for his extremist views, Trewhella’s teachings have been popping up in debates all over the place from native faculty boards to state legislatures. 

In October, she confirmed how Trewhella was one character in a a lot bigger story by tracing the lengthy historical past of the Christian proper’s efforts to affect American politics at each stage. That very same month, because the November election drew nearer, Petrovic produced quite a lot of investigative stories. One concerned attainable tax and election legislation violations by Vice President-elect JD Vance’s marketing campaign. The opposite uncovered efforts by right-wing activists to recruit ballot staff in swing states.  

How did Petrovic get began reporting on the subject of extremism? She’s going to reply that query and plenty of others in dialog with Wisconsin Watch state bureau chief Matthew DeFour, in a stay Zoom occasion on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 4 p.m. Central time. 

The occasion shall be a webinar format and shall be recorded. Attendees shall be emailed a hyperlink to the recording following the occasion, and a collection of clips shall be revealed to our YouTube channel. 

Questions might be submitted forward of time via the RSVP type and also will be collected through the occasion. 

Whereas it is a free occasion, for those who can afford to pay it ahead by contributing any quantity to Wisconsin Watch now, please do. Donations assist us preserve occasions free for everybody.

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