Beginning in June, a Report for America corps member will focus on criminal justice issues in Wisconsin, including wrongful convictions and official misconduct.
Nominations sought for 2019 Opee Awards recognizing efforts to support public access to meetings and records
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The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, a nonprofit group that works to protect access to public meetings and records, is now accepting nominations for its annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees.
These people supported fearless investigative reporting — and helped to set a record
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We asked for your help. You delivered — in record fashion! For the third straight year, donors provided gifts that qualified the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism for full funding in the national NewsMatch campaign for nonprofit newsrooms.
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Listen: Looking back on our biggest investigations of 2018
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In this WORT-FM radio interview, WCIJ Managing Editor Dee J. Hall speaks with A Public Affair’s host Patty Peltekos about our top stories of our first decade, why we joined The Trust Project, and what we learned in our major investigations this year.
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‘I’ll always be grateful’: Support the next generation of investigative journalists
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A windowless office in Vilas Hall is known to journalists across the country as the “Northern Bureau.” It’s where I and other University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism students learned an important lesson about working as an investigative journalist: It’s not as glamorous as it sounds.
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Now showing online: Our film on rising immigration tensions in America’s Dairyland
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‘Los Lecheros’ (Dairy Farmers) played at 25 film festivals, bringing immigrant labor on dairies out of the shadows.
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Whether wielding pens or cameras, we stand for integrity, transparency and ethics in news gathering
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At the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, truth is our ultimate goal. We are transparent with our subjects and readers, we rigorously fact-check all our information and we share our work with news media across the nation. We feel tremendous pressure to get every detail right.
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Our Top 10 photos of 2018
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The best photojournalism by WisconsinWatch photographers and partners from 2018.
We’re hiring! Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism seeks 2019 interns
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The award-winning Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is seeking applicants for paid internships that will begin in March and June 2019. The Center is hiring one full-time investigative reporting intern, one part-time public engagement and marketing intern, and one full-time public engagement and marketing intern.
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‘The mission precedes everything’: New York Times board chairman on Trump, Weinstein and the changing media landscape
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The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism hosted an event for friends and supporters of the Center featuring special guest Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., chairman of the board of The New York Times Company.
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NPR’s David Folkenflik highlights value of nonprofit news, truth-telling, speaking up for democratic values
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Nonprofit newsrooms like the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism “expand the parameters of what’s possible,” Folkenflik says in Madison.
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Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism joins the Trust Project to increase transparency and trust in the news
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The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism announced it has joined the Trust Project, an effort to increase transparency and trust in journalism. Starting today, readers will see specially designed Trust Indicators linked from every new story the Center publishes.
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Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism celebrates 10 years of uncovering truths, aiding democracy
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The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism celebrated its 10th anniversary at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union with food, music and a critical look at the future of local and state investigative reporting.