# Anna Wolfe Anna Wolfe is an investigative reporter for the nonprofit newsroom Mississippi Today whose series "The Backchannel" exposed how Mississippi officials diverted federal welfare money — the reporting at the heart of the [[Mississippi Welfare Funds Scandal]]. Her work traced the role of former Gov. [[Phil Bryant]] in steering TANF anti-poverty funds toward favored projects, and won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. As of 2024 she faced the possibility of jail in connection with a subpoena fight over her reporting materials — the subject of the NBC News profile that flagged this entry. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to resolve a wikilink. Expand with the "Backchannel" series detail, the Pulitzer, and the subpoena/press-freedom dispute. ## See Also - [[Mississippi Welfare Funds Scandal]] - [[Phil Bryant]]