Beginning in June, a Report for America corps member will focus on criminal justice issues in Wisconsin, including wrongful convictions and official misconduct.
Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council names 2019 Openness Award winners
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The Opee awards recognize outstanding efforts to protect the state’s tradition of open government, and highlight some of the threats.
The Cannabis Question
UW-Madison students and Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism explore marijuana legalization
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Student journalists are investigating various aspects of marijuana legalization in Wisconsin, which has taken on new currency with the election of Gov. Tony Evers.
News about WCIJ
Student radio to the rescue: WSUM houses Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism while cleanup from water damage continues
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Thanks to the generosity of the students and management at WSUM (91.7 FM), the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has a new temporary home.
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Water damage closes Vilas Hall, forces classes, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism to relocate
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A water pipe burst in an upper floor of Vilas Communication Hall, causing damage that led University of Wisconsin-Madison officials on Sunday to close the building and announce that classes will be relocated at least through Tuesday.
Seeking nominations for 2019 Distinguished Wisconsin Watchdog Award
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Nominations are being sought for the ninth annual Distinguished Wisconsin Watchdog Award, recognizing an individual’s extraordinary contributions to open government or investigative journalism in Wisconsin.
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.
Immigration
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.