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Tag: Letters to the Editor

The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism welcomes letters to the editor and opinion pieces.

Please send submissions to opinion@wisconsinwatch.org with a clear subject line such as “Letter to the Editor” or “Opinion piece.” We will respond and discuss with you whether your letter is appropriate for publication on our site, including edits that may need to be made prior to publication.

When submitting an opinion piece, please include your name, title, address and daytime phone number. We request that your letter be brief (around 500 words or less), timely, respectful, focused, original and relevant to issues that we cover. Please let us know about anything that might be seen as a conflict of interest. Publication of letters to the editor, guest columns and other opinion material does not imply endorsement by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Authors are solely responsible for the facts and views expressed in opinion material published by the Center.

Posted inOpinion

Opinion: Absentee ballots don’t give enough space for witness address

by Frank Lowry October 27th, 2022October 27th, 2022 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Frank Lowry writes that absentee ballots do not provide enough room for the witness to record their complete address.

Posted inOpinion

Opinion: Former Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office employee to county leaders — Stop political ‘damage control,’ investigate ‘toxic’ work environment

by Kurt Karbusicky June 14th, 2022August 10th, 2022 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Kurt Karbusicky, a longtime Dane County death investigator, says the medical examiner’s office is plagued by bullying and mismanagement.

Posted inOpinion

Opinion: Kewaunee County water study looks backward, not forward

by Don Niles / Peninsula Pride Farms August 6th, 2021August 6th, 2021 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

News stories about a recent groundwater study are causing unfounded concerns about people getting sick from farming practices in Kewaunee County.

Posted inOpinion

Opinion: Wisconsin regulators should reject Crawford County pig CAFO

Nancy Lu Rosenheim by Nancy Lu Rosenheim June 8th, 2021June 8th, 2021 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A Steuben, Wisconsin resident writes that she is devastated that the Wisconsin DNR conditionally approved plans for Roth Feeder Pig to expand into a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO).

Posted inOpinion

Opinion: Long-unreported pipeline leak should be a wakeup call for Wisconsin

by Peter Truitt May 3rd, 2021June 9th, 2021 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Guest author Peter Truitt argues in this Opinion piece that the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline should be halted because of high health and environmental risks.

Posted inOpinion

White Wisconsinites must reckon with the deep racial inequities in our state

by Kayla Blado September 29th, 2020March 1st, 2021 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Wisconsinites have a lot to be proud of, but the disparities caused by racist policies are deeply shameful. We cannot hail Wisconsin’s eccentricities while neglecting to confront the racism in our state.

Posted inOpinion

Demands of justice for George Floyd echo Wisconsin’s long history of black and brown protests

by Antonio Ramirez June 10th, 2020February 24th, 2021 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Although vilified in their day, participants in Milwaukee’s 1960s civil rights movement, including Roberto Hernandez and Father James Groppi, are now celebrated by the city.

Posted inOpinion

I am disappointed by your investigative journalism

by Steve Dinsmore March 26th, 2020March 26th, 2020 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

This Letter to the Editor was written in response to our story: ‘Everyone has to have it’: Broadband gap leaves rural Wisconsin behind during coronavirus crisis.

Posted inOpinion

Wisconsin Watch’s ‘new look’

by Dave Gorak / Midwest Coalition to Reduce Immigration June 10th, 2019June 10th, 2019 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Your May piece by Natalie Yahr about illegals detained at our border reinforces the growing argument that our media is doing this country no favors by continuing to cover the immigration issue from just one perspective, i.e. “us vs. them.”

Posted inOpinion

This should be on the front page of national papers

by Robert C. Wodrich November 8th, 2018June 10th, 2019 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

This letter was written in response to the Center’s Sept. 30, 2018 report titled: Voter ID linked to lower turnout in Wisconsin, other states; students, people of color, elderly most affected.

Posted inOpinion

This is such a great story. I trust its veracity.

by Katie Green October 23rd, 2018June 10th, 2019 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

This letter was written in response to the Center’s Oct. 16, 2018 collaborative report with HuffPost titled: As Trump disparages immigrants, Midwest dairy farmers build bridges to Mexico

Posted inOpinion

Thank you for a wonderful story that lifted my spirits today

by Jody Gemmell October 17th, 2018June 10th, 2019 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

This letter was written in response to the Center’s Oct. 16, 2018 collaborative report with HuffPost titled: As Trump disparages immigrants, Midwest dairy farmers build bridges to Mexico.

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