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This Giving Tuesday, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is unveiling a video that tells the story of our efforts to increase the quality and quantity of investigative journalism while training current and future investigative reporters.
I often uncover disturbing statistics that stick with me. A reader normally might pass by them in the story in a second. Carrie Roy makes them into physical objects that a person can touch and linger over. So we’re collaborating to find new audiences for investigative reporting, transforming reporting into sculptures.
Gov. Walker talks with Center reporter Bill Lueders about his regrets over the past year, his approach to conflict, his thoughts on out-of-state money that has flooded Wisconsin’s politics, and how he got the yearbook nickname “Desperado.”
Haitian immigrant Samuel Durand, 31, was deported to Haiti after living in Chicago for 17 years. He was jailed for three days upon his arrival.
Main story: Human trafficking in the heartland: Hidden labor, sex trade alive in Midwest
Two human trafficking survivors — both their names have been changed to protect their privacy — told Center reporter Julie Strupp their stories on camera. Both met their traffickers on State Street, blocks from the state Capitol. Below are excerpts from those interviews. They were held at Project Respect, a Madison nonprofit that helps sex workers, in mid-2011. Both women said they were sharing their stories not for sympathy, but to deglamorize prostitution and sex trafficking, and to give a fuller perspective to the public.
Wisconsin Public Television, a partner with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, talks with Wisconsin farmers about the role of Hispanic immigrant workers in the dairy industry, as part of a new investigation launched by the Center.
Executive director Andy Hall and others talk about the Center’s creation and purpose.