Law

July 28, 2020

Bipartisan Legislation that Would Rebuild Local News

To add to the many struggles of life during a pandemic, the collapse, or absence, of local news means that too many communities do not have access to the information they need to combat COVID-19. According to the Brookings Institution, more than half of U.S. counties with COVID cases — 57 percent — had no daily newspaper as of […]

November 22, 2019

How South Dakota News Watch uncovered abuses in a youth home and changed state policies

This is the team of four people who formed and launched South Dakota News Watch in February 2018. Since then, the team has grown by one and produced more than 100 long-form journalism pieces. Bart Pfankuch, who wrote the “Treatment or Trauma” series, is second from the right. It was a story waiting too long […]