Wisconsin Watch thiab Wisconsin Public Radio tau koom nrog NEW News Lab (Northeast Wisconsin News Lab), kev sib koom tes tshiab uas muab kev txhawb nqa thev naus laus zis, kev tsim peev txheej thiab nyiaj txiag ntxiv los txhawb kev sau xov xwm hauv zos thiab chav xov xwm.
Kev koom tes suav nrog rau 365 lub koom haum xov xwm: Wisconsin Watch, WPR, FoxValleyXNUMX, The Post-Crescent, Green Bay Press-Gazette thiab The Press Times. Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab Wisconsin-Green Bay Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Sau Xov Xwm yog ib tus khub kev kawm.
Microsoft tab tom muab kev txhawb nqa nyiaj txiag rau Greater Green Bay Community Foundation thiab Community Foundation rau Fox Valley Region los pab nyiaj rau kev pib.
Cov koom tes los ntawm NEW News Lab tham txog qhov project thiab nws cov hom phiaj los txhim kho kev sib koom tes hauv xov xwm hauv Wisconsin. Lub party Rob Mentzer los ntawm WPR coj kev sib tham nrog Curt Detjen, Thawj Tswj Hwm / CEO ntawm Community Foundation rau Fox Valley Region, Andy Hall, Tus Thawj Coj ntawm Wisconsin Watch, Amber Paluch, Tus Lwm Thawj Coj ntawm Kev Koom Tes Hauv Zej Zog ntawm Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, Joaquin Alvarado, Co-Founder thiab Executive Producer ntawm StudioToBe, thiab Eric Prock Senior Director of Journalism Initiatives & Public Affairs ntawm Microsoft.
Lub Northeast Wisconsin Journalism Fund tsis ntev los no tau muab nyiaj pab rau rau rau lub koom haum NEW News Lab xov xwm, uas yuav tsim cov lus qhia tob hauv zos txog cov ncauj lus suav nrog kev ntxub ntxaug rau pej xeem kev noj qab haus huv, tsis muaj vaj tse pheej yig, nyiaj txiag ntawm cov tsev kawm ntawv hauv zos thiab kev pab cuam ntawm cov tsev txiav txim plaub ntug hauv zos. .
Nyob rau lub asthiv tom ntej no, NEW News Lab cov tswv cuab yuav tshaj tawm thawj pab pawg ntawm cov dab neeg txhawb nqa los ntawm kev sib koom tes, thiab kom muaj peev xwm loj tshaj plaws, txhua qhov haujlwm yuav muaj pub dawb los ntawm lwm lub koom haum xov xwm thoob plaws hauv lub xeev thiab lub tebchaws.
"Los ntawm kev koom tes nrog cov neeg koom tes tshiab hauv zos thiab peb cov neeg koom tes ntev ntawm Wisconsin Public Radio, thiab los ntawm kev kos cov peev txheej tshiab no, peb yuav nthuav dav cov neeg nyob hauv kev nkag mus rau cov ntaub ntawv hais txog cov teeb meem tseem ceeb cuam tshuam rau lub neej zoo," said Andy Hall, thawj coj. Tus thawj coj ntawm Wisconsin Watch, xov xwm tshaj tawm ntawm cov tsis muaj txiaj ntsig, tsis koom nrog Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.

"Cov ntawv ceeb toom no yuav pab tau rau pej xeem hauv Northeast Wisconsin, thiab thoob plaws lub xeev, vim peb hais txog tsis yog teeb meem nkaus xwb, tab sis muaj peev xwm daws tau. Peb txaus siab rau lub sijhawm no. "
Microsoft tau xaiv Northeast Wisconsin ua nws tus thib tsib xov xwm hauv zos tsav tsheb hauv Tebchaws Meskas ua ib feem ntawm nws Kev sau xov xwm Initiative, pub tag nrho $300,000 rau lub Northeast Wisconsin Journalism Fund. Wisconsin Watch tau txais $25,000 nyob rau theem pib ntawm txoj haujlwm; WPR tau txais $ 15,000.
Brad Smith, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Microsoft, uas loj hlob hauv Appleton, Wisconsin hais tias "Cov chav xov xwm hauv zos yog lub hauv paus ntawm lawv cov zej zog, thiab peb zoo siab los txhawb txoj kev koom tes no ua ib feem ntawm peb Txoj Haujlwm Kev Sau Xov Xwm," said Brad Smith, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Microsoft, uas loj hlob hauv Appleton, Wisconsin. "Los ntawm kev txhawb nqa cov chav xov xwm no hauv Northeast Wisconsin thiab muab cov cuab yeej, thev naus laus zis, thiab nyiaj txiag rau lawv, peb tuaj yeem ua kom thaj tsam muaj kev sau xov xwm zoo rau ntau tiam neeg tom ntej."
Raws li kev sim peb xyoos, cov hauv paus hauv zej zog tau txhawb nqa lwm lub koom haum, kev lag luam thiab cov tib neeg kom txhawb nqa kev sau xov xwm hauv zos yog qhov tseem ceeb los ntawm kev pub dawb rau Northeast Wisconsin Journalism Fund.
Dennis Buehler, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab CEO ntawm Greater Green Bay Community Foundation tau hais tias "Qhov kev sim no muaj peev xwm hloov pauv li cas chav xov xwm sib koom ua ke los coj cov dab neeg tseem ceeb hauv zej zog uas cuam tshuam rau peb txhua tus," "Qhov zoo dua peb cov zej zog nkag siab txog cov teeb meem peb ntsib, qhov zoo dua nws tuaj yeem tsim cov lus teb rau cov teeb meem ntawd."
Kev sau xov xwm thiab xov xwm tab tom ntsib teeb meem nrawm, Microsoft tau sau tseg rau lub Kaum Hli blog ncej piav qhia nws qhov kev txiav txim siab los txhawb cov koom haum xov xwm hauv zos. Kev hloov pauv hauv kev tshaj tawm digital thiab hauv txoj hauv kev uas tib neeg tau txais lawv cov xov xwm - cov xov xwm sib sau ua ke, tshawb fawb cav thiab kev tshaj xov xwm - tau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj rau kev sau xov xwm thiab nws cov qauv kev lag luam. Thoob plaws tebchaws, chav xov xwm kev ua haujlwm tau poob los ntawm ib nrab, thiab 2,100 chav xov xwm tau kaw hauv 15 xyoo dhau los. COVID-19 kis thoob qhov txhia chaw ua rau muaj kev ntxhov siab ntxiv, nrog 11,000 Asmeskas cov haujlwm hauv chav xov xwm raug txiav xyoo dhau los.

Curt Detjen, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab CEO ntawm Community Foundation rau Fox Valley Region tau hais tias "Kev vam meej, kev sib raug zoo thiab kev koom tes hauv zej zog tau los ntawm cov neeg uas mob siab txog kev koom nrog," "Kev tshaj xov xwm zoo thiab muaj zog yog qhov tseem ceeb los hu rau peb kom nkag siab txog cov teeb meem uas yuav tsum tau daws. Cov xov xwm tseem muaj lub rooj sab laj los txhawb nqa cov suab tsis muaj npe. Peb pom muaj peev xwm zoo hauv lub sijhawm no. "
Xyoo tas los, Microsoft tau tshaj tawm nws Txoj Haujlwm Kev Sau Xov Xwm, uas yog lub hom phiaj los khaws thiab tiv thaiv kev sau xov xwm thiab chav xov xwm hauv zos. Lwm qhov kev sim ua haujlwm tau ua haujlwm hauv Seattle thiab Yakima, Washington; Fresno, California; lub El Paso, Texas thiab Juárez, Mexico cheeb tsam; thiab Jackson, Mississippi.
Lub nonprofit Wisconsin Watch (www.WisconsinWatch.org) koom tes nrog WPR, PBS Wisconsin, lwm cov xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab University of Wisconsin-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tau tsim, tshaj tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Wisconsin Watch tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam cov kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm cov koom tes.
Tau ntau tshaj 100 xyoo, Wisconsin Public Radio tau pab cov neeg hauv Wisconsin nrog cov xov xwm zoo, suab paj nruag, hais lus thiab kev lom zem. Hauv huab cua, hauv online thiab hauv zej zog - peb ua haujlwm rau Wisconsin. WPR yog ib qho kev pabcuam ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Kawm Txuj Ci thiab University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mloog, kawm ntxiv thiab pub dawb ntawm www.wpr.org.