Our Mission

We, the staff, fellows, interns and other employees of Wisconsin Watch, have organized as Wisconsin Watch Union to bring democracy to our workplace. Our union will improve the transparency, security, culture and diversity of our organization, allowing us to safeguard our role as an indispensable source of rigorous, relevant, fact-checked journalism.

For nearly 15 years, Wisconsin Watch has delivered the long-form, thorough investigative reporting our state needs. Our commitment to serving the people of Wisconsin through award-winning journalism remains unwavering.

We joined Wisconsin Watch because we believe in its mission: increasing the quality, quantity and understanding of investigative journalism in Wisconsin to foster an informed citizenry and strengthen democracy. 

We make Wisconsin Watch. To best fulfill that duty and live the organization’s values, the rank-and-file workers across business and editorial must play a greater role in decision-making about the structural, strategic and financial future of Wisconsin Watch. 

Injecting democracy into our workplace will empower our staff, fellows, interns, editors, leaders and, ultimately, our community — Wisconsin and beyond.

This union is for everyone.

Signed,

Drake White-Bergey

Jack Kelly

Jacob Resneck

Jonmaesha Beltran 

Kiran Saini

Phoebe Petrovic

Rachel Hale

Zhen Wang