Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism ua kev zoo siab 10 xyoo ntawm kev nthuav tawm qhov tseeb, pab kev ywj pheej

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Kawm ntxiv txog Center nyob rau hauv no promo video tsim los ntawm John Roach Projects.

Hnov cov kev xav ntawm yav dhau los Center interns thiab cov phooj ywg hauv daim vis dis aus no tsim los ntawm tus thawj coj digital thiab multimedia Coburn Dukehart.

thiab saib tag nrho 10 xyoo kev ua koob tsheej hauv daim vis dis aus no tsim los ntawm In Crew.

Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism ua kev zoo siab rau nws lub 10th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union rau hnub Thursday nrog zaub mov, suab paj nruag thiab saib tseem ceeb rau yav tom ntej ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav hauv nroog thiab xeev.

Ntau tshaj 150 tus qhua tuaj koom qhov kev tshwm sim, uas suav nrog lub vaj huam sib luag uas muaj David Maraniss, Pulitzer tus nqi zog uas tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm tus kws sau ntawv Washington Post; Cara Lombardo, Wall Street Journal reporter thiab qub WCIJ intern; thiab Michael Wagner, UW-Madison associate professor of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Maraniss tau hais nyob rau lub sijhawm thaum tib neeg tweet lossis tsim cov kev xav yam tsis xav txog qhov tseeb, cov neeg sau xov xwm lub luag haujlwm los nrhiav qhov tseeb "tsis tau tseem ceeb dua li tam sim no."

Lub vaj huam sib luag ntawm kev ua koob tsheej nthuav qhia Wall Street Journal tus neeg sau xov xwm thiab yav dhau los WCIJ intern Cara Lombardo; David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize-winning associate editor ntawm Washington Post; thiab tau saib xyuas los ntawm UW-Madison Associate Professor of Journalism thiab Mass Communication Michael Wagner. credit: Lauren Kev Ncaj Ncees rau Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Cov neeg sau xov xwm hauv zos tshaj tawm hauv av yog xav tau "kom paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim," Maraniss tau hais. Nws tau sau tseg tias txawm tias xyoo 1972 kev tawg ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees uas tau ua rau Watergate kev thuam thiab ua rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Richard Nixon tau pib ua zaj dab neeg hauv zos.

Jessica Arp, tus thawj coj xov xwm ntawm WISC-TV News 3 tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias muaj cov pej xeem xav xav txog cov dab neeg uas peb yuav tsum tau qhia thiab txoj haujlwm uas WCIJ yuav tsum ua," said Jessica Arp, tus thawj coj xov xwm ntawm WISC-TV News XNUMX, uas yog tus thawj coj ntawm kev ua koob tsheej. Nws tau sau tseg tias cov neeg sau xov xwm hauv zos qhia rau pej xeem txog cov dab neeg loj xws li kev tawg, kev xaiv tsa thiab dej nyab - thiab cov neeg nyob hauv qee zaum tawm ntawm lawv txoj kev los qhia lawv txoj kev ris txiaj rau kev ua haujlwm hnyav.

Wagner tau hais tias kev tshawb fawb qhia tau hais tias cov koom haum xov xwm uas muaj los ntawm cov saw loj loj yuav npog kev nom kev tswv ntau dua thiab muaj kev xav ntau dua, tsom mus rau leej twg yeej thiab leej twg yog tus swb. Nws tau hais tias muaj kev ywj pheej muaj lub xeev thiab cov xov xwm hauv zos, ntawm qhov tod tes, nyiam npog kev nom kev tswv los ntawm kev tshuaj xyuas cov teeb meem thiab siv cov suab hauv zos ntau dua, nws hais.

Wagner tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias nws qhia txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm qhov chaw zoo li WCIJ," Wagner tau hais. "Cov koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig zoo li ua cov ntawv xov xwm zoo tshaj plaws."

Andy Hall yog Center tus co-founder thiab tus thawj coj thawj coj. Ntau tshaj 750 xov xwm tshaj tawm thoob plaws lub tebchaws tau tshaj tawm, tshaj tawm lossis hais txog Lub Tsev Haujlwm 340 cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb txij li nws tau tsim, ncav cuag kwv yees li ntawm 72 lab tus tib neeg. credit: Lauren Kev Ncaj Ncees rau Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

WCIJ yog ib lub koom haum xov xwm ywj pheej, tsis koom nrog thiab tsis muaj txiaj ntsig nyob hauv Tsev Kawm Ntawv Kev Sau Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus ntawm UW-Madison. Nws tsim cov ntaub ntawv tshawb fawb, uas tau luam tawm ntawm nws lub vev xaib, WisconsinWatch.org, thiab muaj nyob rau tsis tau them nqi rau cov koom haum xov xwm thoob plaws Wisconsin thiab lub teb chaws. Nws tseem qhia cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab cov kws tshaj lij hauv cov txheej txheem tshawb nrhiav kev tshaj tawm.

Wagner tau lees paub qhov kev sib tw ntawm kev tshaj tawm qhov tseeb thaum txog ib nrab ntawm cov neeg tuaj saib yuav tsis lees paub ib zaj dab neeg tsis tseeb yog tias nws tsis sib haum nrog lawv cov kev xav nom tswv. Nws nug seb cov neeg sau xov xwm yuav tsum ua li cas rau lawv cov dab neeg vim tias kev ntseeg siab ntawm cov koom haum xov xwm thoob plaws lub tebchaws tau sib tw ntau dua.

Maraniss tau hais tias "Peb nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb tsis sib haum xeeb," Maraniss hais. "Lub luag haujlwm ntawm tus neeg sau xov xwm yog ua kom muaj kev xav, thiab xav thiab tshawb nrhiav, thiab tshawb nrhiav qhov tseeb, thiab qhov ntawd yog nws - lub sijhawm."

Wall Street Journal tus kws sau xov xwm thiab yav dhau los WCIJ intern Cara Lombardo tau hais rau ntawm lub rooj sib tham txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav kev sau xov xwm thaum lub sijhawm ua koob tsheej 10th. Lombardo tau hais tias muaj sijhawm los ua haujlwm ua tus kws tshaj xov xwm tshawb fawb yog li thaum ntxov hauv nws txoj haujlwm tau teeb tsa nws los siv cov txuj ci no ntau xyoo tom ntej. credit: Lauren Kev Ncaj Ncees rau Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Lombardo tau pom zoo, hais tias cov neeg sau xov xwm yuav tsum ua raws li lawv tau ua tas li - sau "cov dab neeg tseeb txog yam tseem ceeb rau tib neeg."

Nws hais ntxiv tias qhov sib txawv niaj hnub no tsuas yog vim muaj ntau zaj dab neeg tsis sib haum xeeb, cov neeg sau xov xwm yuav tsum nkag siab tias "txhua lo lus yuav raug teeb meem" thiab npaj siab rov qab los nrog qhov tseeb. Nws tau taw qhia rau Lub Tsev Haujlwm "ntau yam zoo, teev sijhawm ntev, tsis txaus ntseeg kev tshuaj xyuas qhov tseeb” raws li txoj hauv kev tseem ceeb los tswj cov pej xeem kev ntseeg siab.

Cov qhua ntawm kev ua koob tsheej suav nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm qub, cov phooj ywg, cov neeg ua haujlwm, cov phooj ywg, thiab cov neeg txhawb nqa ntawm Lub Chaw. credit: Lauren Kev Ncaj Ncees rau Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Ntau tshaj 750 xov xwm tshaj tawm thoob plaws lub tebchaws tau tshaj tawm, tshaj tawm lossis hais txog Lub Tsev Haujlwm 340 cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb txij li nws tau tsim xyoo 2009 los ntawm qub tub rog Wisconsin State Journal cov neeg sau xov xwm Andy Hall thiab Dee J. Hall. Cov dab neeg no tau mus txog kwv yees li ntawm 72 lab tus tib neeg.

Pawg thawj coj Karen Lincoln Michel ncaws tawm kev ua koob tsheej los ntawm kev tos txais ntau dua 150 tus qhua rau yav tsaus ntuj qhov kev pab cuam ntawm Tripp Commons hauv Memorial Union. credit: Lauren Kev Ncaj Ncees rau Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

"Los ntawm lawv lub zeem muag thiab lawv txoj haujlwm nyuaj, lawv tau hloov lub koom haum pib mus rau qhov pom zoo tshaj plaws thiab ua tiav qhov chaw sau xov xwm tsis muaj txiaj ntsig hauv lub tebchaws," said board Thawj Tswj Hwm Karen Lincoln Michel, tus tshaj tawm ib ntus thiab tus editor ntawm Madison Magazine.

Tam sim no, kwv yees li 65 feem pua ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm $ 500,000 hauv cov nyiaj tau los yog los ntawm cov hauv paus, kwv yees li 20 feem pua ntawm cov neeg pub dawb, thiab cov seem ntawm cov nyiaj tau los tau txais los ntawm kev koom tes nrog cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawm cov haujlwm tshawb nrhiav, tsim cov dab neeg nrog lwm cov xov xwm tshaj tawm, thiab los ntawm cov xwm txheej. Ntau tshaj 400 tus neeg tau pab txhawb rau Lub Chaw nrog kev nkag siab tias nyob rau hauv nws Txoj cai ntawm kev txhawb nqa nyiaj txiag, lawv tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam rau nws cov kev txiav txim siab xov xwm, thiab lawv yuav yog qhia tau rau pej xeem los tiv thaiv kev ncaj ncees ntawm nws txoj kev sau xov xwm, Tus Thawj Coj Thawj Coj Andy Hall tau hais.

Dab tsi tau pib hauv Halls 'hauv qab daus tau hloov mus rau hauv kaum xyoo ntawm kev ua kom lub luag haujlwm muaj zog, tiv thaiv cov neeg tsis muaj zog, tshawb nrhiav kev daws teeb meem - thiab cob qhia cov tub ntxhais hluas cov neeg sau xov xwm ua ib yam. Nws lub hom phiaj yog "ua kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo, kom muaj nuj nqis thiab kev nkag siab ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav kev sau xov xwm los txhawb kev paub txog pej xeem thiab txhawb kev ywj pheej."

Lub Center tus tsim, Andy thiab Dee J. Hall, hais lus thaum lub sij hawm lub Center ua koob tsheej nco txog. Lub tswv yim rau Lub Chaw uas pib hauv Halls 'hauv qab daus tau hloov mus rau hauv kaum xyoo ntawm kev ua kom lub luag haujlwm muaj zog, tiv thaiv cov neeg tsis muaj zog, tshawb nrhiav kev daws teeb meem - thiab cob qhia cov tub ntxhais hluas cov neeg sau xov xwm ua ib yam. credit: Lauren Kev Ncaj Ncees rau Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Ob leeg tau hais txog qee cov dab neeg tseem ceeb tshaj plaws uas tsim los ntawm cov tub ntxhais hluas cov neeg sau xov xwm, suav nrog Yog Poob Ntawm Cov Kais Dej series, ib lub teb chaws tau txais txiaj ntsig tshawb nrhiav txog ntau yam txaus ntshai uas ntsib Wisconsin cov dej haus; Xob Laim, ib tug series uas nthuav tawm cov kev kho mob tsis zoo ntawm cov neeg sau xov xwm uas tshaj tawm pov tseg, kev dag ntxias thiab kev tsim txom; thiab Center qhov txuas mus ntxiv, Undemocratic: Secrecy thiab hwj chim vs, tshawb nrhiav cov kev hem thawj rau kev noj qab haus huv ntawm Wisconsin txoj kev ywj pheej. Cov Ira thiab Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment txhawb nqa Lub chaw ua haujlwm nrog UW cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv xov xwm.

Ntawm qhov kev tshwm sim, WCIJ kuj unveiled ib video featuring kev xav los ntawm ntau ntawm nws 41 tus neeg ua haujlwm qub thiab cov phooj ywg.

Lombardo tau hais tias muaj sijhawm los ua haujlwm ua tus kws tshaj xov xwm tshawb fawb yog li thaum ntxov hauv nws txoj haujlwm tau teeb tsa nws los siv cov txuj ci no ntau xyoo tom ntej. Nws tau hais txog ib daim ntawv qhia uas Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm Dee J. Hall tau muab rau nws: Tshawb nrhiav seb lub kaw lus yuav tsum ua haujlwm li cas, tom qab ntawd pom cov xwm txheej uas cov tshuab no tsis ua haujlwm raws li lawv xav tau.

Lombardo tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias zoo li qhov kev xav ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav ... Kuv yuav tsis muaj qhov ntawd yog tias kuv tsis tau nyob hauv Lub Tsev Haujlwm zoo li tus kws tshaj xov xwm hluas," Lombardo tau hais. "Thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov ua rau kuv zoo siab heev txog Lub Chaw, yog cov neeg uas nws tau tawm mus rau hauv ntiaj teb, mus rau hauv kev lag luam sau xov xwm."

Txog 10th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, kev xaiv cov neeg ua haujlwm yav dhau los thiab cov neeg koom nrog xav txog yam uas Lub Chaw tau txhais rau lawv thiab lawv txoj haujlwm.

Andy Hall tau hais tias cov neeg pub dawb thiab cov neeg txhawb nqa tuaj yeem pab Lub Tsev Haujlwm ua tau raws li nws lub hom phiaj ntawm kev loj hlob ob npaug hauv kaum xyoo tom ntej thiab dhau los ua "ib qho kev tshaj xov xwm muaj zog dua thiab ntau lub koom haum nyiaj txiag uas yuav pab tau cov neeg hauv Wisconsin tau ntau xyoo ntxiv. ”

Nws ua tsaug rau ntau tus neeg ua qhov kev tshwm sim, thiab Lub Chaw, ua tiav, suav nrog: "Nyob rau hauv Crew" rau kev tsim cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm kev ua koob tsheej; yav dhau los thiab tam sim no Center cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm, suav nrog Tus Thawj Coj Lauren Fuhrmann thiab Tus Thawj Coj Digital thiab Multimedia Coburn Dukehart; Pawg thawj coj saib xyuas Michel, Brant Houston, Jack Mitchell, Keith Baumgartner, Herman Baumann, Malcolm Brett, Marty Kaiser, Charles Lewis, Hemant Shah thiab Ralph Weber; Tus kws lij choj Christa Westerberg ntawm Pines Bach txoj cai lij choj; Jim Cricchi thiab Susan Peters ntawm Twelve Letter Films rau kev koom tes ntawm documentary "Los Lecheros (Cov neeg ua liaj ua teb noj mis).

Cov tswv cuab ntawm Simpson Street Free Press, ib lub koom haum sau xov xwm hluas nyob hauv Madison, thiab yav dhau los WCIJ cov neeg ua haujlwm raug lees paub thaum lub sij hawm Center's 10th hnub tseem ceeb ua koob tsheej. Ib feem ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm lub hom phiaj yog los cob qhia cov neeg tshawb nrhiav cov neeg sau xov xwm tom ntej. credit: Lauren Kev Ncaj Ncees rau Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Hall kuj ua tsaug rau cov kws qhia ntawv los ntawm Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Sau Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus rau Kev Sib Txuas Lus uas tso cai rau Lub Tsev Haujlwm sib koom qhov chaw nrog lub tsev kawm ntawv; Cov koom tes hauv xov xwm Wisconsin Public Radio thiab Wisconsin Public TV; Dave Umhoefer, tus thawj coj ntawm O'Brien Fellowships nyob rau hauv Public Service ntawm Marquette University, uas WCIJ tau pib koom tes; cov neeg ua haujlwm pab dawb uas tshaj tawm thiab txheeb xyuas cov dab neeg thiab pab nrhiav nyiaj txiag; thiab ntau pua lub xov xwm tshaj tawm uas tau tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm.

Tsis tas li ntawd, nws ua tsaug rau ib tus neeg pub dawb, suav nrog Watchdog Club cov tswv cuab, thiab cov neeg txhawb nqa lub hauv paus, uas tau suav nrog Evjue Foundation, Sally Mead Hands Foundation, Peters Family Foundation, Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, Open Society Foundations, The Reva thiab David Logan Foundation thiab Joyce Foundation.

Tus tswv cuab ntawm pawg thawj coj Malcolm Brett muab lub khob cij zaum kawg ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm 10th hnub tseem ceeb. credit: Lauren Kev Ncaj Ncees rau Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Ib yam li ntau tus neeg pub dawb thiab cov neeg txhawb nqa no tau pab Lub Chaw, tus tswv cuab ntawm pawg thawj coj Malcolm Brett tau hais tias txhua tus muaj lub luag haujlwm los txhawb kev sau xov xwm. Cov koom haum xov xwm xws li Center yog qhov tsim nyog rau kev noj qab haus huv kev ywj pheej, nws hais ntxiv. Txhawm rau xaus kev ua koob tsheej, Brett tau muab lub ncuav ci rau yav tom ntej ntawm Lub Chaw.

Brett tau hais tias "Ntawm no yog ua kom tiav, ua kom raug thiab tau txais nws txhua qhov chaw thawj xyoo caum thiab 10 xyoo tom ntej," Brett hais.

Cov nonprofit Wisconsin Center rau Kev Tshawb Xyuas Xov Xwm (www.WisconsinWatch.org) koom tes nrog Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Zej Tsoom, Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Rau Pej Xeem, lwm cov xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, tshaj tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam cov kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm cov koom tes.