Managing editor for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Dee J. Hall discusses the findings of The Cannabis Question series and the fact-checking process used by Wisconsin Watch in this video.
Author Archives: Alisa Ivanitskaya
Alisa Ivanitskaya joined the Center as an Edmund S. Muskie fellow in 2019. She was a Fulbright scholar from Russia and obtained her master’s degree in multimedia and science journalism from the University of Arizona. Ivanitskaya is passionate about documentary filmmaking and podcasting. In Russia she covered science for the Open Media project and as a freelance writer contributed to Esquire (Russian Edition), and Kommersant newspaper. Alisa also previously interned with Deutsche Welle in Bohn, Germany.
Posted inEnvironment
Video — Behind the story: Climate change causes ‘roller coaster’ mercury levels in Wisconsin fish
Climate change is challenging the way environmental mercury is controlled in Wisconsin. In this video investigative reporter Sarah Whites-Koditschek talks about the scientific findings and their meaning for Wisconsinites.
Posted inJustice & Safety
Video — Behind the story: For immigrants without lawyers, justice is hard to find
Investigative reporter Natalie Yahr learned that having a lawyer greatly increases the chances of immigrants being able to stay in the U.S, once they have been put into deportation proceedings. Yahr talks about the role that lawyers play in immigration cases, and how she reported this story.