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Wisconsin Watch
U.S. center-left
Wisconsin Watch is an independent nonprofit investigative news outlet covering Wisconsin, legally organized as the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. It is funded primarily by left-leaning and centrist foundations and operates with no advertising or paywall. Its coverage of the Trump administration's second term has focused on the negative effects of federal policy on Wisconsin residents — including Medicaid, food assistance, farm costs, and worker wages — reflecting a broadly critical posture.
Owned byIndependent nonprofit 501(c)(3); no private owner. Legal entity is Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (WCIJ Inc.), governed by a nonprofit board. Founded by journalists Andy Hall and Dee Hall.
LeaningU.S. center-left
On the administrationbroadly critical
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun