Wisconsin Watch thiab WPR's Bram Sable-Smith muaj yeej lub regional Edward R. Murrow Awards rau ob qhov xwm txheej ntsig txog COVID-19 kis thoob qhov txhia chaw, Xov Tooj Cua TV Digital News Association tshaj tawm hnub Thursday. Qhov kev sib tw lees paub qhov ua tau zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev tshaj tawm xov xwm thiab digital journalism. Sable-Smith yog WPR's Mike Simonson Memorial Investigative Reporting Fellow uas tau kos rau hauv Wisconsin Watch xov xwm.
Sable-Smith tau txais txiaj ntsig rau Kev Tshawb Fawb Tshaj Tawm Zoo Tshaj Plaws hauv kev lag luam xov tooj cua loj hauv cheeb tsam Plaub - uas suav nrog Wisconsin, North thiab South Dakota thiab Minnesota - rau Nqi Kho Mob, ib lub suab uas nthuav tawm cov kev coj ua ntawm tsev kho mob foob cov neeg mob rau cov nqi them dhau los thaum muaj kev sib kis. Cov ntawv online ntawm cov dab neeg no kuj tau luam tawm rau WisconsinWatch.org.
WPR's COVID-19 obituary series, uas qhia txog cov neeg nyob hauv Wisconsin uas tau tuag los ntawm kev sib kis, kuj tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws rau Cov Xov Xwm Zoo Tshaj Plaws. Ntawm cov kab ke yog Sable-Smith zaj dab neeg suab, Duane Bark - tus kws qhia ntawv uas nyiam thiab tus kws qhia ncaws pob uas pleev xim rau tus ntxhais ntawm tes, tuag ntawm COVID-19 ntawm 61, uas tseem tau luam tawm los ntawm Wisconsin Watch.
Ob leeg yuav raug txiav txim siab rau lub teb chaws Edward R. Murrow Awards.
Tom qab nws tshaj tawm thiab tshaj tawm, Tus Nqi Them Nqi Kho Mob thiab cov kab hauv online tau ua rau ntau lub tsev kho mob kaw kom tsis txhob muaj cov nuj nqis hnyav rau cov neeg mob qub. Sable-Smith muaj txoj haujlwm zoo siab ntawm kev ceeb toom Blanche Jordan ntawm Milwaukee tias muaj kev foob rau nws qhov kev iab liam $7,150 cov nuj nqis tsev kho mob tam sim no yog keeb kwm. “Kaum lub qhov rooj!” tus kws saib xyuas neeg mob ecstatic exclaimed thaum nws hnov xov xwm.
Jordan hais rau nws tias "Kuv tsis paub tias yuav xav li cas tam sim no," “Kuv lub siab sib tw. Kuv tab tom tshee tam sim no, vim tias cov kws kho mob cov nqi no tau coj los ntawm kuv lub neej tag nrho. "
Murrow Awards yog lub cim ntawm qhov tseem ceeb, cov hauv paus ntsiab lus thiab cov qauv tsim los ntawm Edward R. Murrow, tus tshaj tawm xov xwm uas tau tsim cov qauv rau kev tshaj tawm xov xwm tshaj tawm.
"Peb zoo siab tias Murrow Awards lees paub qhov cuam tshuam ntawm Bram qhov kev tshaj tawm, thiab peb txaus siab rau txhua tus Wisconsinites uas tau qhia lawv cov dab neeg rau peb. Kuv tau zoo siab ua haujlwm nrog tus kws tshaj lij kev xav, tus tshaj tawm txoj haujlwm thiab tus kws qhia dab neeg, " Wisconsin Watch Investigations Editor Jim Malewitz tau hais.
Hnub Thursday lub koob tsheej yog lub sijhawm thib ob uas Wisconsin Saib Xyuas thiab WPR tau koom nrog hauv Edward R. Murrow cov khoom plig hauv cheeb tsam. Wisconsin Watch thiab WPR kuj tau txais txiaj ntsig rau xyoo 2017 video documentary, "Los Lecheros (Cov Neeg Ua Zaub Mov Noj)," uas tau hais txog txoj hmoo ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tsiv teb tsaws chaw hauv Wisconsin cov zaub mov noj thaum lub sijhawm thaum Thawj Tswj Hwm Donald Trump tau hu xovtooj rau kev xa tawm ntau. Mike Simonson qhia cov phooj ywg Alexandra Hall qhia qhov kev hwm rau cov neeg ua yeeb yaj kiab Jim Cricchi thiab Susan Peters ntawm Kaum ob tsab ntawv zaj duab xis.