The Washington Post has hired Patrick Marley as a democracy reporter for the Upper Midwest, where he will center on Wisconsin, Michigan and the region in general. He begins June 27.
Marley joins from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where he is a State Capitol reporter. He was also a government reporter at Kenosha News and a reporter at Brookfield News.
Additionally, his work has been recognized by the National Headliner Awards, Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.
Marley has a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Iowa and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.