Center’s stories to be made available worldwide through deal with Thomson Reuters

The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is among 30 U.S. nonprofit investigative news organizations whose stories will be circulated to publishers and broadcasters around the world in a new agreement with Thomson Reuters news service.

Mississippi River resources on Wisconsin InfoLink

Mississippi River resources covering a wide-range of topics from flooding to recreation are available on Wisconsin InfoLink.

Center hires award-winning journalist to lead Money and Politics project

Award-winning journalist Bill Lueders, the longtime news editor of Isthmus weekly newspaper in Madison, is joining the staff of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, to lead a new project examining the influence of money in Wisconsin state politics and policymaking.

Lawmakers shouldn’t meet in secret

When it passed the Open Meetings Act, the Legislature reserved for itself a unique exception: Members of the same party in the Senate and Assembly can meet secretly whenever and wherever they want.

Kudos to our collaborators

Congratulations to two reporters at our partner organizations whose work with us is being recognized!
• Brian Bull, assistant news director at Wisconsin Public Radio, won a regional Edward R. Murrow award for his series, “Menominee Suicides,” produced last year in collaboration with Center reporter Allie Tempus. Hear the series and read the Center report, A Tribal [...]

Center, MAPLight.org team up to illuminate money’s role in Wisconsin Legislature

The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and MAPLight.org announced a major initiative to help the public and journalists investigate the influence of money in Wisconsin state politics and policymaking.

NAMI cites Center for coverage of mental illness

NAMI Dane County has presented its annual Media Award to the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism for stories that increased the public’s understanding of mental illness.
The award recognized the Center’s extensive coverage of perinatal depression among low-income mothers, Wisconsin’s high suicide rates and elevated suicide rates among Native Americans in Wisconsin and nationwide.
NAMI, the [...]

Center receives five Milwaukee Press Club awards

The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism raked in five awards from the Milwaukee Press Club’s annual Awards for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism, which were announced today. The Center received three first-place awards — for best coverage of a single news topic or event, best innovative online feature, and best investigative story or series.

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