Gigafact, a new project, offers funding and tools to three nonprofit newsrooms to intercept unsupported claims and impact social media discourse.
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Audience Director opening at Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is seeking an Audience Director to lead audience development and digital marketing initiatives.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service seeking Director of Development and Partnerships
The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism seek a Director of Development and Partnerships to steward a fundraising strategy and forge new relationships to build Neighborhood News Service’s visibility in the business and philanthropic community.
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Calls for more transparency, entrepreneurship as Ho-Chunk Nation envisions an economy beyond gaming
The Ho-Chunk Nation has a bright economic future, ripe with prospects to diversify its economy beyond gaming. That’s if the tribal government more clearly communicates with citizens and opens space for entrepreneurs and private companies to invest in tribal communities, Ho-Chunk officials and citizens said during a Wisconsin Watch event held on May 12.
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Jacob Resneck, Bennet Goldstein join Wisconsin Watch as Report for America corps members
Wisconsin Watch is pleased to announce the addition of two new Report for America corps members to our staff, boosting coverage of statewide threats to democracy and environmental and agricultural issues in the Mississippi River Basin.