Lynn Bonner, Investigative Reporter, joined Policy Watch in October 2020 after 26 years as a reporter at The News & Observer. She covered the state legislature and politics for 20 years, and wrote extensively about mental health, state Medicaid policies and spending, and public education. Before coming to North Carolina, she wrote for newspapers in New England. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College with a bachelor's degree in biology. She was a 2019 Center for Health Journalism National Fellow.