Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
EstablishedJanuary 2009
FocusInvestigative and public interest journalism
DirectorAndy Hall
Location
Madison, Wisconsin
Websitewisconsinwatch.org

Wisconsin Watch or the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is a nonprofit investigative news organization housed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1] The organization's mission is to "increase the quality and quantity of investigative reporting in Wisconsin, while training current and future generations of investigative journalists."[2]

In 2013, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker vetoed a provision of the state's biennial budget that would have prohibited collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Center.[3][4] Under the terms of the proposed provision, the Center would have faced eviction from the University of Wisconsin's campus, where it has its offices. Republicans in the Wisconsin State Senate had sent the bill to the governor's desk by voting to remove the Center from the University's campus due to questions over the Center's funding sources and a concern that the Center's work was biased against conservatives.[5][6]

Journalist Bill Lueders worked at the center for four years, writing about the intersection of money and politics, before becoming associate editor of The Progressive in 2015.[7][non-primary source needed]

In 2024, Wisconsin Watch merged with Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.[8]

  1. ^ "Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism". Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. ^ "What we do". Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  3. ^ Craver, Jack (July 2, 2013). "How the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism won". Capital Times. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. ^ Kimball, Joe (July 1, 2013). "Veto means Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism stays at UW-Madison". MinnPost. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  5. ^ Herzog, Karen (June 5, 2013). "Investigative journalism group sounds alarm over state budget action". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  6. ^ Clark, Anna (June 5, 2013). "Watch out, watchdogs". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  7. ^ Lueders, Bill (May 23, 2015). "Money & Politics: Reflections on the flow of money". Beloit Daily News. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  8. ^ Stanley, George (2024-09-17). "Wisconsin Watch, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service merge". Wisconsin Watch. Retrieved 2024-09-18.