Exciting news! The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced it will match any gift you make to the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism through Jan. 19, 2017 — up to $1,000!

That means if you donate now, your gift will double in size and impact. $25 will become $50 … $50 will become $100 … and $500 will grow to an astonishing $1,000 in urgently needed funds to support deeply researched, fact-checked investigative journalism and the training of current and future generations of investigative journalists in Wisconsin.

So please take advantage of this incredible opportunity, which is available to just 57 nonprofit news organizations and was inspired by a recent surge in gifts to nonprofit news organizations nationwide. The nonpartisan Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has a $500,000 operating budget, four full-time employees, six paid interns and skilled volunteers whose investigative reports are shared for free on WisconsinWatch.org and through hundreds of other news organizations. Make your gift go twice as far to support:

• Investigative journalism of importance to people in Wisconsin, built on our guiding values: Protect the vulnerable. Expose wrongdoing. Seek solutions.                        
• Paid student internships in investigative reporting and public engagement and marketing that produce award-winning stories and innovative business initiatives that are helping to develop sustainable approaches for the future.
• Real news, rigorously fact-checked — the kind of nonpartisan investigative journalism that has never been needed more than it is now.

This work informs the public and strengthens our democracy. So please be as generous as you are able when your gift will go twice as far!

Sincerely,

Andy Hall
Executive Director and Co-Founder

P.S. Please share this news with your friends and colleagues. We have just one month to seize this opportunity in the Knight News Match — which could generate as much as $25,000 in matching funds for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism! Help spread the word on Twitter, Facebook and social media with #newsmatch.

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by Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch
December 19, 2016

<h1>Support real journalism in Wisconsin (and your gift will double)</h1> <p class="byline">by Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch <br />December 19, 2016</p> <div id="attachment_217338" class="wp-block-image wp-caption aligncenter"> <figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/alex_arriaga.jpg"><img src="https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/alex_arriaga-771x500.jpg" alt="WCIJ investigative reporting intern Alex Arriaga interviews the family of Cesar DeLeon, a Wisconsin inmate who is being held in administrative confinement — a form of indefinite solitary confinement with no clear end date. DeLeon has been on a hunger strike to protest the treatment of Wisconsin prisoners in solitary." class="wp-image-217338" height="500" width="771" /></a><figcaption>WCIJ investigative reporting intern Alex Arriaga interviews the family of Cesar DeLeon, a Wisconsin inmate who is being held in administrative confinement — a form of indefinite solitary confinement with no clear end date. DeLeon has been on a hunger strike to protest the treatment of Wisconsin prisoners in solitary.</figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="sidebar2"> <h5>To make a gift and learn more</h5> <p><a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/about/donations/"><span style="font-weight: 400">Make a Gift</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> to the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Fake-News-Prompts-Knight/238713"><span style="font-weight: 400">Read the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s coverage</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> of the Knight Foundation’s matching grant, and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism’s plans for raising the money</span></p> <p><a href="http://u6efc47qb7f1g5v06kf9kfdcn.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Report-to-Stakeholders-Nov-17.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400">Download our Report to Stakeholders</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> for details on the Center’s operations and accomplishments</span></p> </p> </div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Exciting news! The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation <a href="http://www.knightfoundation.org/newsmatch" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">today announced</a> it will match any gift you make to the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism through Jan. 19, 2017 — up to $1,000! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">That means if you </span><a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/about/donations/"><span style="font-weight: 400">donate now</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, your gift will double in size and impact. $25 will become $50 … $50 will become $100 … and $500 will grow to an astonishing $1,000 in urgently needed funds to support deeply researched, fact-checked investigative journalism and the training of current and future generations of investigative journalists in Wisconsin.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">So please take advantage of this incredible opportunity, which is available to </span><a href="https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Fake-News-Prompts-Knight/238713"><span style="font-weight: 400">just 57 nonprofit news organizations</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> and was inspired by a recent surge in gifts to nonprofit news organizations nationwide. The nonpartisan Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has a $500,000 operating budget, four full-time employees, six paid interns and skilled volunteers whose investigative reports are shared for free on </span><a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400">WisconsinWatch.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> and through hundreds of other news organizations. Make your gift go twice as far to support:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400">Investigative journalism of importance to people in Wisconsin, built on our guiding values: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400">Protect the vulnerable. Expose wrongdoing. Seek solutions. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400">Paid student internships in investigative reporting and public engagement and marketing that produce award-winning stories and innovative business initiatives that are helping to develop sustainable approaches for the future.</span></li> <li>Real news, rigorously fact-checked — the kind of nonpartisan investigative journalism that has never been needed more than it is now.</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">This work informs the public and strengthens our democracy. So please be as generous as you are able when your gift will go twice as far!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Sincerely,</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Andy Hall</span><br /> <span style="font-weight: 400">Executive Director and Co-Founder</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">P.S. Please share this news with your friends and colleagues. We have just one month to seize this opportunity in the Knight News Match — which could generate as much as $25,000 in matching funds for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism! Help spread the word on Twitter, Facebook and social media with #newsmatch.</span></p> <p><em>The nonprofit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (<a href="www.WisconsinWatch.org">www.WisconsinWatch.org</a>) collaborates with Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television, other news media and the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. All works created, published, posted or disseminated by the Center do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of UW-Madison or any of its affiliates.</em></p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/2016/12/support-real-journalism-in-wisconsin-and-your-gift-will-double/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://wisconsinwatch.org">Wisconsin Watch</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-WCIJ_IconOnly_FullColor_RGB-1.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://wisconsinwatch.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=217375&amp;ga3=UA-17896820-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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