Wisconsin Watch
From the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
We found 10 episodes of Wisconsin Watch with the tag “news”.
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Wisconsin state parks battered as Lake Michigan shrinks beaches, smashes boardwalks
January 3rd, 2022 | 14 mins 55 secs
climate change, door county, door county pulse, environment, imperiled shores, lake levels, lake michigan, new news lab, news, wisconsin
In the third installment from Wisconsin Watch's series "Imperiled Shores," reporter Mario Koran explores a fundamental question facing the state Department of Natural Resources: Preserve parkland affected by rising lake levels or let nature take its course?
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Wisconsin caregiver spent eight years, $250,000 in legal bills to exonerate herself from abuse charges
January 3rd, 2022 | 14 mins 23 secs
criminal justice, dr. barbara knox, false accusations, flawed forensics, health, justice, news, stacy hartje, welfare, wisconsin
In this report, Wisconsin Watch presents a story about a Mauston, Wisconsin child care provider who was subjected to a lengthy and expensive ordeal to clear her name after she was wrongfully accused of child abuse by Dr. Barbara Knox. The story is the latest installment of our investigation into the former University of Wisconsin pediatrician whose controversial diagnoses of child abuse continue to reverberate for innocent caregivers and parents in southern Wisconsin.
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Child abuse cases sparked by Dr. Barbara Knox rejected by Wisconsin judge, jury and prosecutor
December 15th, 2021 | 13 mins 49 secs
dr. barbara knox, false accusations, news, wisconsin
In this episode of our "Flawed Forensics" series, Wisconsin Watch explores how the criminal justice system has repeatedly rebuffed the medical opinions of the former University of Wisconsin child abuse pediatrician Dr. Barbara Knox, and tells the stories of families who were affected by her misdiagnosis of child abuse.
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Parents recount terror of wrongful child abuse diagnoses from former University of Wisconsin doctor
December 10th, 2021 | 22 mins 29 secs
dr. barbara knox, false accusations, news, wisconsin
In the latest installment of our "Flawed Forensics" series, Wisconsin Watch tells the story of seven Wisconsin families that faced child abuse investigations triggered by University of Wisconsin child abuse pediatrician Dr. Barbara Knox — suspicions later rejected by other doctors, police and child welfare officials.
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Mass exodus at Alaska child abuse clinic as former Wisconsin doctor accused of bullying, misdiagnoses
November 30th, 2021 | 17 mins 31 secs
alaska cares, barbara knox, false accusations, news, wisconsin
In this addition to our series "Flawed Forensics," Wisconsin Watch tells more of the story of Dr. Barbara Knox. Two years after leaving the University of Wisconsin amid allegations of workplace bullying, the former top child abuse pediatrician is drawing similar scrutiny at her new job in Alaska.
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Jury rejects child abuse charge triggered by former University of Wisconsin doctor
November 23rd, 2021 | 11 mins 25 secs
dr. barbara knox, false accusation, news, wisconsin
Wisconsin Watch brings you a story exploring how a declaration of ‘obvious child abuse’ leveled at a child care provider by a former University of Wisconsin pediatrician fell apart after a five-day trial that centered on the controversial diagnosis of abusive head trauma. The story focuses on Dr. Barbara Knox, who left Wisconsin in 2019 under a cloud of controversy. It is part of our series "Flawed Forensics."
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As Lake Michigan shoreline vanishes, Wisconsinites try to fight waves with walls
November 16th, 2021 | 25 mins 1 sec
climate change, lake michigan, news, revetments, water levels, wisconsin
Wisconsin Watch brings you a story exploring how Great Lakes shorelines have seen a surge in barriers built to slow lakefront erosion. But such structures are temporary and may harm downstream beaches.
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Wisconsin imprisons 1 in 36 Black adults. No state has a higher rate
November 11th, 2021 | 12 mins 54 secs
incarceration, justice, news, prisoners, racial disparities, wisconsin
Wisconsin has the shameful distinction of locking up 1 in every 36 Black adults in the state, the highest rate in the country. A Sentencing Project report confirms the state’s deep racial disparities in incarceration, which one advocate calls ‘a slap in the face.’
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‘The water always wins’: Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll
November 11th, 2021 | 22 mins 20 secs
climate change, door county, great lakes, lake michigan, news, water, water levels, wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Great Lakes communities expect to spend $245 million in five years to protect shorelines as a climate ‘tug of war’ drives extreme shifts in water levels.
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‘Something has to be done’: Living along Madison’s Starkweather Creek, one of Wisconsin’s most polluted waterways.
October 14th, 2021 | 11 mins 4 secs
contamination, madison, news, pfas, pfos, starkweather creek, water, wisconsin
Wisconsin Watch brings you a story that examines the latest contaminants of concern in a local waterway in Madison, Wisconsin: PFAS -- hazardous chemicals which are being flagged across Wisconsin for their properties as "forever chemicals."