Peb tam sim no muaj cov neeg sau xov xwm nyob hauv Madison, Milwaukee, thiab Oshkosh, thiab muaj lwm tus tswv cuab ntawm peb pawg neeg kho mob thiab kev lag luam uas muaj zog nyob thoob plaws lub xeev. Peb koom tes thiab qhia peb cov ntsiab lus nrog cov xov xwm tseem ceeb thiab cov xov xwm niche thoob plaws Wisconsin thiab lub teb chaws.
Peb yog ib lub koom haum 501(c)(3) charitable organization ua los ntawm a cov neeg ua haujlwm tshaj lij nyob rau hauv kev taw qhia los ntawm ib lub teb chaws sau tseg pawg thawj coj saib xyuas. Peb lub npe raug cai yog Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (WCIJ Inc.).
Wisconsin Watch yog ib tug tswv cuab ntawm International Fact-Checking Network, lub network uas coj los ua ke cov zej zog loj hlob ntawm cov neeg txheeb xyuas qhov tseeb thoob ntiaj teb thiab cov neeg tawm tswv yim ntawm cov ntaub ntawv tseeb hauv ntiaj teb kev tawm tsam tawm tsam cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug.
Wisconsin Watch koom tes nrog, tab sis yog ywj siab ntawm, lub University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication, nyob qhov twg. Peb lub koom haum tau txais qhov chaw ua haujlwm pub dawb los ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv hauv pauv rau ntiav cov tub ntxhais kawm ua haujlwm them nyiaj thiab muab kev pabcuam thiab kev pabcuam kev kawm rau cov tub ntxhais kawm. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, luam tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Wisconsin Watch tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam txog kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm University of Wisconsin-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm nws cov koom tes.
Tsis tas li ntawd, Wisconsin Watch tau txais qhov chaw ua haujlwm dawb hauv Marquette University Diederich College of Communication hauv Milwaukee hauv kev txhawb nqa ntawm nws txoj kev koom tes nrog Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.
Peb lub hom phiaj:
Txhawm rau kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo, kom muaj nuj nqis thiab kev nkag siab ntawm kev tshawb fawb sau xov xwm los txhawb kev paub txog pej xeem thiab txhawb kev ywj pheej.
Raws li ib tug neeg nyeem ntawm Wisconsin Watch, koj tau los nyob ntawm peb qhov kev soj ntsuam xyuas kom muab qhov tseeb rau koj. Thiab, raws li lub koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig, peb vam khom cov neeg nyeem zoo li koj los ua kom txoj haujlwm no ua tau.
Peb vam tias yuav nce $ 10,000 los ntawm 100 tus neeg pub dawb los ntawm hnub kawg ntawm hnub no. Peb puas tuaj yeem suav koj los pab peb kom ncav cuag peb lub hom phiaj?
Peb paub tias koj muaj nuj nqis rau lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb uas tau txheeb xyuas qhov tseeb, tsis yog koom nrog kev sau xov xwm tau ua hauv Wisconsin xyoo no, thaum peb txuas ntxiv tshawb xyuas ntau yam teeb meem uas peb cov zej zog thiab xeev:
Andy Hall, tus tsim ntawm Wisconsin Watch thiab yav dhau los Cov Neeg Tshawb Fawb Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Tus Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Coj, tau txais ntau yam khoom plig rau nws qhov kev tshaj tawm hauv 26 xyoo ntawm Wisconsin State Journal thiab The Arizona Republic. Txij li thaum Wisconsin Watch tau tshaj tawm xyoo 2009, nws tau ua lub luag haujlwm rau kev tshaj tawm xov xwm thiab nyiaj txiag.
Hall pib nws txoj hauj lwm hauv 1982 ua ib tug copyboy ntawm The New York Times. Ntawm lub koom pheej, Hall tau pab rhuav tshem "Keating Five" scandal nrog Sen. John McCain. Ntawm Lub Xeev Phau Ntawv Xov Xwm, Hall cov dab neeg tau tuav tsoomfwv thiab lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb thiab tiv thaiv cov neeg tsis muaj zog los ntawm kev pab cuam uas hais txog kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg hauv cov tsev kawm ntawv pej xeem thiab pab txhawb kev tsim cov ntawv sau tseg hauv tebchaws Cov Tsev Kawm Ntawv Kev Cia Siab Kev Pabcuam Pabcuam Pabcuam, qhia txog NCAA ua txhaum cai los ntawm University of Wisconsin cov neeg ncaws pob, thiab nthuav tawm cov xwm txheej txaus ntshai hauv cov zej zog tsis saib xyuas xws li Allied Drive thiab Worthington Park. Hall yeej qhov khoom plig thawj zaug hauv xyoo 2008 rau kev tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Koom Haum Kev Kawm Sau Ntawv. Nws kuj tau txais National Headliner, Gerald Loeb, James K. Batten thiab Inland Press Association khoom plig rau kev tshawb nrhiav, nyiaj txiag, hnub kawg thiab kev tshaj xov xwm pej xeem. Hall tau ua tus cob qhia rau cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm La Comunidad, cov ntawv xov xwm Spanish hauv Madison, thiab tau qhia ntau yam kev kawm hauv University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication. Nws ua haujlwm rau Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council Board of Directors, Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism Board of Directors, thiab Indiana University Media School's Journalism Alumni Board, uas nws yog tus thawj tswj hwm. Nws tau kawm tiav bachelor's degree los ntawm Indiana University thiab, hauv 2016, tau txais Qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws Alumni Award los ntawm IU Media School. Nws kuj yog ib tug tswv cuab ntawm lub koom haum rau Nonprofit News cov tswv cuab lub luag hauj lwm rau tsim thiab txhawb nqa kev lag luam cov qauv siab.
