A new poll question about readers’ holiday plans amid the coronavirus pandemic is now available to be used by WNA members.
Poll questions are available through a WNA partnership with Polco aimed at helping newspapers better engage readers and access enhanced data and insights.
A judge has determined the statewide ballot question on “Marsy’s Law” was improperly worded. However, the law will, for now, remain in effect.
Since Marsy’s Law has taken effect, at least one public records custodian has indicated that he believes Marsy’s Law restricts access to certain information about crime victims contained in public records. However, as WNA attorney James Friedman outlines in a statement from the WNA
, the law includes no reference whatsoever to records and “simply has no impact on the public’s right to access government records in Wisconsin.”
As misinformation spread like wildfire in the days after Election Day — from rumors about artificially inflated vote totals to claims of ballots being mysteriously found in the early hours of the morning — Wisconsin reporters took to Twitter and other platforms to debunk false claims being spread on social media. We’ve compiled a roundup of some of their efforts.
In the latest Your Right to Know column for November 2020, Gretchen Schuldt of the Wisconsin Justice Initiative writes about the Department of Corrections’ lack of transparency over COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin prisons.
The column is available for publication by WNA members.
Readers visiting WNA member websites from Oct. 19 to 29 were asked which candidate they thought would win the 2020 presidential election.
It turns out they were right. More than 65% predicted Joe Biden would win the presidency, according to the results.
With meetings being held online, government officials are finding it easier to avoid public scrutiny. How are journalists getting around this and other hurdles brought about by the pandemic? What are their legal options?
The Wisconsin Newspaper Association and the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association have assembled a panel of journalists and experts on open government to discuss these issues during a webinar on Nov. 19.
Through a partnership of library and newspaper groups, all past issues of the Daily Jefferson County Union are now available online, the Fort Atkinson newspaper announced last week.
With the completion of the project, readers can now access issues dating from 1870 to 90 days ago through the WNA’s Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers, which is hosted by Badgerlink.
Racine County Eye, an online news organization, is among 10 recipients of investigative reporting grants from the Fund for Local Journalism, the Local Media Foundation announced Wednesday.
Racine County Eye will receive a $5,000 stipend toward its “No Voice” project, which aims to educate the public about the social injustices faced by felons. The project intends to give convicted felons a voice as it defines the problem and compares and contrasts solutions from other states and how they may work in Wisconsin.
WNA executive director Beth Bennett has been elected to the National Newspaper Association Board of Directors.
Bennett will serve as one of five directors on the NNA board. Her term runs through October 2022.
In the interest of public health and the safety of our students and communities, the WNA Foundation has decided not to hold Wisconsin Civics Games competitions in 2021.
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