Yav tas los Wisconsin Watch intern Isaac Wasserman's daim duab sau thiab zaj dab neeg ntawm lub neej raws Madison's Starkweather Creek - ib qho ntawm cov dej qias neeg tshaj plaws hauv Wisconsin - tau txais kev qhuas qhuas hauv 2022 Nonprofit News Awards Hnub Wednesday.
Cov khoom plig, khiav los ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm rau Cov Xov Xwm Tsis Txaus Siab, lees paub cov ntawv xov xwm sab saum toj uas tsim los ntawm lub koom haum 400 tus tswv cuab, txhua tus ntawm lawv tsis muaj txiaj ntsig, cov xov xwm ywj pheej tshaj tawm thoob plaws Tebchaws Meskas. Pab txhawb rau Wisconsin Watch qhov nkag yog Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Tus Thawj Coj Jim Malewitz thiab Tus Thawj Coj Digital thiab Multimedia Coburn Dukehart.
Kev nkag tau raug lees paub hauv Insight Award for Visual Journalism-Large Division. Tus yeej ntawm pawg ntawd yog PublicSource thiab nws tus kws yees duab, Quinn Glabicki, rau nws daim ntawv sau ib xyoo, Lub Nroog Thov Vajtswv, uas tau sau cov kev tawm tsam thiab kev yeej ntawm lub nroog ntawm Clairton, Pennsylvania.
Rau Wasserman, yav tas los nyob hauv Madison, Starkweather Creek project yog tus kheej. Nws tau loj hlob nyob deb ntawm tus kwj dej thiab poob siab vim nws paub tias nws yog PFAS cov dej uas muaj kab mob ntau tshaj plaws hauv lub xeev. PFAS yog thiaj li hu ua chemicals mus ib txhis uas khi rau ntau yam teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv.
Lub Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv tau txheeb xyuas Truax Field Air National Guard Base thiab Dane County Regional Tshav Dav Hlau raws li paub qhov chaw ntawm PFAS hauv lub kwj deg. Qhov ntawd yog vim cov tshuaj tua hluav taws tua hluav taws uas siv rau ntawm qhov chaw. DNR tab tom tshawb nrhiav lwm qhov chaw muaj peev xwm ntawm kev sib kis.
Wasserman tau siv lub caij ntuj sov xyoo 2021 tshawb fawb txog kev noj qab haus huv ntawm tus kwj dej, kev siv zog ntau xyoo los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv zos thiab cov neeg nyob ib puag ncig los ua kom pom nws tus mob, xam phaj cov neeg nyob hauv, thiab tshawb nrhiav cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv zos tau ua dab tsi, lossis tsis ua, los daws qhov teeb meem.
Tab sis feem ntau ntawm kev ua hauj lwm nyuaj los ntawm Wasserman yog ua los ntawm kev saib thiab tos ntawm tus kwj dej, qhia nws tus kheej rau cov neeg nuv ntses, ua luam dej thiab nyob ze ntawm lub pas dej. Feem ntau ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv tau hais rau Wasserman tias lawv tsis paub txog qhov xwm txheej uas nyob hauv.
Hais txog Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism yog ib lub koom haum tsis koom nrog, muaj kev ywj pheej tsis muaj txiaj ntsig nrog cov chaw haujlwm hauv University of Wisconsin-Madison Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Sau Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus, thiab hauv Milwaukee ntawm Marquette University. Nws tau tsim tawm hauv xyoo 2009.
Nws lub hom phiaj yog txhawm rau txhim kho qhov 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. Nws cov kev taw qhia qhov tseem ceeb: Tiv thaiv cov neeg tsis muaj zog. Qhia qhov ua txhaum cai. Tshawb nrhiav kev daws teeb meem.
Cov xov xwm tshaj tawm xov xwm ntawm Wisconsin Watch, Lub Chaw Xov Xwm Tshaj Tawm, khawb rau hauv cov teeb meem tsis txaus ntseeg, cov ntaub ntawv tsis ncaj ncees thiab tsis ua haujlwm, tso cov kev tshawb pom rau hauv cheeb tsam thiab lub teb chaws cov ntsiab lus thiab tshawb nrhiav cov kev daws teeb meem. Peb lub hom phiaj ua kom muaj kev cuam tshuam uas txhim kho tib neeg lub neej thiab tuav lub hwj chim los suav.
Wisconsin Saib cov dab neeg tau yeej kaum ob lub teb chaws, regional thiab xeev khoom plig. Txhawm rau khaws cov xov xwm tshiab ntawm Wisconsin Watch, sau npe rau peb cov ntawv xov xwm. Thiab txhawb nqa cov ntawv xov xwm tau txais txiaj ntsig uas qhia thiab txhawb nqa, xav txog nyiaj pub dawb rau Wisconsin Watch.
Rov luam tawm tsab xov xwm no
Cov haujlwm no yog ntawv tso cai los ntawm a Cov Tswv Yim Muaj Peev Xwm Muaj Tshab-NoDeriv Txiaj Ntsig 4.0 International Daim Ntawv Tso Cai.
- Yuav tsum muab credit, hauv hom ntawv no: “Los ntawm Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin Watch”
- Yog tias luam tawm online, koj yuav tsum suav nrog cov ntawv txuas thiab txuas rau ntawm wisconsinwatch.org
- Yog tias koj qhia zaj dab neeg hauv social media, thov hu rau @wisconsinwatch (Twitter, Facebook thiab Instagram)
- Tsis txhob muag zaj dab neeg - nws yuav tsis raug muag raws li ib qho khoom lag luam.
- Tsis txhob muag tshaj tawm tawm tsam zaj dab neeg. Tab sis koj tuaj yeem luam tawm nws nrog kev tshaj tawm ua ntej muag.
- Koj lub vev xaib yuav tsum suav nrog txoj hauv kev tseem ceeb los tiv tauj koj.
- Cov ntsiab lus ntxiv uas tau ntim nrog peb zaj dab neeg yuav tsum tau sau npe.
- Cov neeg siv tuaj yeem rov luam tawm peb cov duab, duab kos duab, duab thiab ntau yam ntsiab lus tsuas yog nrog cov dab neeg uas lawv tau tshwm sim thawj zaug. Koj yuav tsis cais cov ntsiab lus multimedia rau kev siv ib leeg.
- Yog tias peb xa koj daim ntawv thov hloov lossis tshem tawm Wisconsin Watch cov ntsiab lus ntawm koj lub xaib, koj yuav tsum pom zoo ua tam sim ntawd.
Yog xav paub ntxiv txog kev tshaj tawm cov cai, thov hu rau Andy Hall, tus thawj coj ua haujlwm, ntawm ahall@wisconsinwatch.org