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How hard is it to raise a family in Northeast Wisconsin? 

Is child care available and affordable? 

Does your job accommodate family life?

How well are schools serving children? 

Do families feel they have enough money, support and transportation to be successful?

What would help make family life better in Northeast Wisconsin?

These are some of the questions the NEW (Northeast Wisconsin) News Lab hopes to answer in our upcoming year-long series, Families Matter. As we plan our coverage, we would like to hear from you. 

Tell us your own story of navigating family life in Northeast Wisconsin, or about issues you think should be addressed, by emailing us at families@wisconsinwatch.org. You can also describe your story or story tip by filling out this Google form. Or give us a call at 608-262-3642 and leave a message with your name, what you’re calling about and phone number.

The stories will be published by six news outlets — Green Bay Press-Gazette, Appleton Post-Crescent, Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), Wisconsin Watch, The Press Times and FoxValley365 — a journalistic collaboration called the NEW News Lab.

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We need your help to report on family life in Northeast Wisconsin

by Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch
January 31, 2023

<h1>We need your help to report on family life in Northeast Wisconsin</h1> <p class="byline">by Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch <br />January 31, 2023</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image alignright size-medium"><a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/tag/new-news-lab/"><img src="https://wisconsinwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NEW-News-Lab-Logo-Color-copy-336x267.png" alt="NEW News Lab logo" class="wp-image-1263012" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>The NEW News Lab is a local news collaboration in Northeast Wisconsin made up of six news organizations: &nbsp;</em><a href="https://madison365.com/foxvalley/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">FoxValley365</a><em>,&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.postcrescent.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Post-Crescent</a><em>,&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Green Bay Press-Gazette</a><em>,&nbsp;</em><a href="https://gopresstimes.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Press Times</a><em>,&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.wpr.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wisconsin Public Radio</a><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</em><a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wisconsin Watch</a><em>.</em></figcaption></figure> <p>How hard is it to raise a family in Northeast Wisconsin?&nbsp;</p> <p>Is child care available and affordable?&nbsp;</p> <p>Does your job accommodate family life?</p> <p>How well are schools serving children?&nbsp;</p> <p>Do families feel they have enough money, support and transportation to be successful?</p> <p>What would help make family life better in Northeast Wisconsin?</p> <p>These are some of the questions the <a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/tag/new-news-lab/">NEW (Northeast Wisconsin) News Lab</a> hopes to answer in our upcoming year-long series, Families Matter. As we plan our coverage, we would like to hear from you. </p> <p>Tell us your own story of navigating family life in Northeast Wisconsin, or about issues you think should be addressed, by emailing us at <a href="mailto:families@wisconsinwatch.org">families@wisconsinwatch.org</a>. You can also describe your story or story tip by filling out this <a href="https://forms.gle/FYne4tXHWE54Pkqp6">Google form</a>. Or give us a call at 608-262-3642 and leave a message with your name, what you’re calling about and phone number.</p> <p>The stories will be published by six news outlets — Green Bay Press-Gazette, Appleton Post-Crescent, Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), Wisconsin Watch, The Press Times and FoxValley365 — a journalistic collaboration called the <a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/tag/new-news-lab/">NEW News Lab</a>.</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/01/we-need-your-help-to-report-on-family-life-in-northeast-wisconsin/">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=1276174&ga=UA-17896820-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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