Wisconsin Watch, the award-winning newsroom of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, is seeking applicants for a full-time investigative reporting internship for 12 weeks between June 1 and Aug. 31, 2023. The reporting intern/s will produce investigative stories and may also use additional skills such as photography and data analysis and visualization. This internship may […]
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We need your help to report on family life in Northeast Wisconsin
The reporting consortium the NEW News Lab hopes to answer your questions in our upcoming year-long series, Raising Wisconsin Families. As we plan our coverage, we would like to hear from you.
Wisconsin Watch’s top 2022 stories shine spotlight, offer solutions, on complex issues facing Wisconsinites
Wisconsin Watch is a small but growing nonprofit newsroom whose guiding values drive everything we do. Here are some of the best things we published in 2022.
Wisconsin Watch’s best photos of 2022
To bring our readers the most compelling images, we travel across the state using a combination of staff photographers, photo interns, freelance photojournalists and partners at other news organizations.
Wisconsin Watch joins Gigafact pilot to counter election misinformation
Gigafact, a new project, offers funding and tools to three nonprofit newsrooms to intercept unsupported claims and impact social media discourse.
Wisconsin Watch Starkweather Creek photo essay wins national honors
Former Wisconsin Watch intern Isaac Wasserman’s photo essay and story of life along Madison’s Starkweather Creek — one of the most polluted waterways in Wisconsin — received an honorable mention in the 2022 Nonprofit News Awards.
Wisconsin Watch joins national project to help fight misinformation, preserve democracy
Wisconsin Watch is joining a nationwide project led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers that aims to protect democracy by limiting the spread and impact of misinformation.
Jonah Chester named Wisconsin Watch/WPR investigative fellow
Wisconsin Watch and WPR are pleased to announce that Jonah Chester has been chosen as the 2022-23 Mike Simonson Memorial Investigative Reporting Fellow.
Wisconsin Watch is hosting Report for America corps members
We’re excited to share the news that Wisconsin Watch has added two new Report for America corps members to our staff, boosting coverage of environmental and agriculture issues and statewide threats to democracy!
Work with us! Wisconsin Watch seeks candidates for investigative diversity fellowship
Wisconsin Watch is seeking applicants for a six-month diversity fellowship to pursue an investigative project relevant to Wisconsin. The fellowship will begin in early 2023.
Matthew DeFour to lead new Wisconsin Watch statehouse bureau
Matthew Defour will lead the three-member Wisconsin Watch statehouse bureau as an editor and reporter, starting Sept. 6.
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism hires Donor Engagement Coordinator
The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is pleased to announce the hiring of its first Donor Engagement Coordinator, Zachary Peterson, who will assist in the Center’s fundraising with prospect research, donor correspondence, database management and fundraising strategy.