Katya Schwenk

Katya Schwenk was a staff writer for Phoenix New Times from August 2021 to August 2023. Originally from Burlington, Vermont, she covered issues ranging from policing to far-right politics here in Phoenix. She has worked as a breaking news correspondent in Rabat, Morocco, for Morocco World News, a government technology reporter for Scoop News Group in Washington, D.C., and a local reporter in Vermont for VTDigger. Her freelance work has been published in Business Insider, the Intercept, and the American Prospect, among other places.