Dick Wheeler, the late founder of the Wheeler Report, has been named the 2012 recipient of the Distinguished Wisconsin Watchdog Award in recognition of his four decades of tirelessly opening Wisconsin state government to public scrutiny.

The award is part of the second annual Wisconsin Watchdog Awards reception and dinner, presented jointly on Wednesday, April 25, by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and the Madison Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Walt Bogdanich, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate, will deliver the keynote address at the second annual Wisconsin Watchdog Awards on April 25.

The nonprofit and nonpartisan Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is hiring two summer reporting interns.
Eligibility is limited to undergraduate and graduate students who are enrolled, at the time of application, in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where the Center is based.

The internships will begin in June and end in August. [...]

The UW-Extension Local Government Center, which aims to educate Wisconsin residents about local government structures, laws and procedures, will begin its Open Government and Parliamentary Procedure WisLine Series.

On issues of government openness, Gov. Scott Walker’s record has been mixed. He is not running the most open administration in history, as he pledged in an interview late last year, but he’s certainly not in a bunker.

The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism today announced the successful completion of a two-year effort to raise $75,000 from new revenue sources. By reaching that level, the Center receives a matching grant from the Challenge Fund for Journalism — a consortium of the Ford, McCormick, and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism foundations.

Public libraries offer a wealth of information in their physical book and reference collections. Besides the in-house resources, most public libraries in Wisconsin also offer a variety of online information through their respective web sites.

The nonprofit and nonpartisan Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is seeking a reporting intern.
Eligibility is limited to undergraduate and graduate students who are enrolled, at the time of application, in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where the Center is based.

The internship will begin in January and end in August.
Pay is [...]