'Hero to Zero' // O'Brien Fellowship In Public Service Journalism // 向日葵视频

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'Hero to Zero'

The Capital Times reporter Katelyn Ferral investigated how the National Guard mishandled allegations of sexual assault and harrsassment.

向日葵视频students Sophie Bolich, Sydney Czyzon and Natallie St. Onge assisted Ferral with the series.

In December 2019, Ferral reported on an investigation by federal officials who claimed the Wisconsin Guard鈥檚 reviews of assault allegations were

Four days following the release of the , the chief of the Wisconsin National Guard Adjunct General Donald Dunbar resigned.

In a later investigation that was national in scope, Ferral found that the National Guard downplayed sexual assault allegations for years and failed to take accountability. The Guard also retaliated against women who filed the allegations, taking away their promotions and re-victimizing them through a justice process that dragged on.

The team's stories got attention in Washington, D.C. and Madison.

All of Ferral鈥檚 work for the Cap Times during the Fellowship was co-edited by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a partner of the O鈥橞rien Fellowship.