Lives on Hold
Thousands await jobless aid as Wisconsin leaders blame each other for failure
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Wisconsin’s unemployment system buckled during the pandemic. State leaders are moving slowly to address a crisis years in the making.
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Votebeat helps Wisconsin Watch expand 2020 election coverage
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Wisconsin Watch and the Votebeat team cover voting security, suppression and disinformation aimed at Wisconsin voters as part of our Narrow Margin series.
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Our anti-racism stand and a pledge of action
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We affirm publicly that Black lives matter. We commit ourselves to anti-racism — in our coverage and within our newsroom. Without such a commitment to truth-telling, we cannot accurately report on the lives of people in Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Watch is now capitalizing the ‘B’ in Black. Here’s why.
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As of June 16, 2020, Wisconsin Watch will capitalize the B when referring to Black people, communities, culture and history.
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Wisconsin Watch earns 11 awards, including 4 gold, for 2019 coverage
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The Milwaukee Press Club announcement includes awards for online and audio reporting, best news website, feature photography and illustration.
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Wisconsin Watch’s Jim Malewitz named to national Emerging Leaders Council by Institute for Nonprofit News
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Jim Malewitz, investigations editor of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and its news outlet, Wisconsin Watch, has been named to the Institute for Nonprofit News Emerging Leaders Council.
News414
Nonprofit newsrooms launch News414 service to connect Milwaukee residents with reporters via text
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Three nonprofit, nonpartisan newsrooms have launched a service journalism project connecting Milwaukee residents directly to reporters by delivering news through text messages.
Wisconsin Watch hiring investigative reporter to dig into the coronavirus crisis, voter disinformation and suppression
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Wisconsin Watch is seeking an investigative reporter to examine the coronavirus crisis, voter suppression and disinformation, and other key issues in Wisconsin — a politically divided state that may shape the outcome of the presidential election.
Coronavirus Coverage
April 7, 2020: Wisconsin goes to the polls during a pandemic — despite health experts’ calls to stay home
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Wisconsin forged ahead with in-person voting Tuesday, after the state Supreme Court overturned Gov. Evers’ order delaying the election due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here are scenes and dispatches of Tuesday’s historic Election Day from around the state. This story will be updated throughout the day on Tuesday, April 7.
Narrow Margin
Narrow Margin project investigates voter suppression, disinformation ahead of 2020 election
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Narrow Margin will investigate voting security, suppression and disinformation aimed at voters in Wisconsin — a crucial state that could determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
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Jim Malewitz named Wisconsin Watch investigations editor
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After a nationwide search, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has chosen Jim Malewitz, a veteran of nonprofit journalism, as investigations editor.
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Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism name Bram Sable-Smith as Simonson Investigative Reporting Fellow
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Sable-Smith will work with WPR and Wisconsin Watch to deepen his skills in investigative journalism, editing and on-air radio production.