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'''Wisconsin Watch''' or the '''Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism''' is a nonprofit investigative news organization housed at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/wisconsin-center-for-investigative-journalism/|publisher=Nieman Journalism Lab|access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|title=What we do|url=http://wisconsinwatch.org/about/what-we-do/|publisher=Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism|access-date=16 April 2015}}</ref>
In 2013, Wisconsin Governor [[Scott Walker (politician)|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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Craver|first1=Jack|title=How the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism won|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/jack_craver/how-the-wisconsin-center-for-investigative-journalism-won/article_a99961b8-5434-5422-91f0-e996dab67495.html|access-date=16 April 2015|work=Capital Times|date=July 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kimball|first1=Joe|title=Veto means Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism stays at UW-Madison|url=https://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2013/07/veto-means-wisconsin-center-investigative-journalism-stays-uw-madison|access-date=16 April 2015|publisher=MinnPost|date=July 1, 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Herzog|first1=Karen|title=Investigative journalism group sounds alarm over state budget action|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/investigative-journalism-group-sounds-alarm-over-state-budget-action-b9927382z1-210289831.html|access-date=16 April 2015|work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|date=June 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Anna|title=Watch out, watchdogs|url=https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/wisconsin_republicans_move_to_push_investigative_journalists_off_campus.php|access-date=16 April 2015|publisher=Columbia Journalism Review|date=June 5, 2013}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lueders|first1=Bill|title=Money & Politics: Reflections on the flow of money|url=http://www.beloitdailynews.com/opinion/money-politics-reflections-on-the-flow-of-money/article_5a70d8ea-00f3-11e5-bb74-13d392c6efd7.html|access-date=26 May 2015|work=Beloit Daily News|date=May 23, 2015}}</ref>{{Secondary source needed|date=July 2024}}
In 2024, Wisconsin Watch merged with Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stanley |first=George |date=2024-09-17 |title=Wisconsin Watch, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service merge |url=https://wisconsinwatch.org/2024/09/wisconsin-watch-milwaukee-neighborhood-news-service-partnership/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Wisconsin Watch |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Affiliations ==
The Center is a founding member of the [[Institute for Nonprofit News]] (formerly known as ''Investigative News Network''), a group of nonprofit journalism organizations.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Investigative News Network |date=14 April 2010 |url=http://wisconsinwatch.org/about/our-partners-in-the-investigative-news-network/ |access-date=16 April 2015 |publisher=Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism}}</ref>
The Center also is a signatory to the [[International Fact Checking Network]] and its code of principles,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wisconsin Watch |url=https://ifcncodeofprinciples.poynter.org/profile/wisconsin-watch |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=[[International Fact Checking Network]]}}</ref> a fact-checking consortium.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 8, 2020 |title=Fact-checking: A curated guide to resources and ideas |url=https://www.dw.com/en/fact-checking-a-curated-guide-to-resources-and-ideas/a-54509776 |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Awards ==
In 2017, The Center won a [[Sigma Delta Chi Award]] from the [[Society for Professional Journalists]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.poynter.org/2017/how-a-wisconsin-couple-grew-an-idea-from-a-basement-office-into-an-investigative-institution/456528/ |title=How a Wisconsin couple grew an idea from a basement office into an investigative institution |date= 1 May 2017 |access-date=4 May 2017 |publisher=Poynter Institute |author=Kristen Hare}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wisconsinwatch.org/2017/05/wisconsin-center-for-investigative-journalism-wins-top-national-award-for-drinking-water-project/ |title=Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism wins top national award for drinking water project |date= 1 May 2017 |access-date=4 May 2017 |publisher=WisconsinWatch.org}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Centre for Investigative Journalism]], London, England
* [[Institute for Investigative Journalism]], at [[Concordia University]], Montreal, Quebec, Canada
* [[Center for Investigative Reporting]] (CIR), nonprofit news organization based in Emeryville, California
==References==
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