Wisconsin Watchdog Awards Reception and Dinner

 A celebration of open government and investigative reporting

Sponsored by:

• McGillivray Westerberg & Bender LLC
• Wisconsin Broadcasters Association
• Wisconsin Newspaper Association
• Madison Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists

Presented by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

& the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council

Featuring a keynote address by Lowell Bergman (shown at left), a Pulitzer winner, UW-Madison graduate, founder of the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting, producer for "Frontline" and former "60 Minutes" producer and New York Times reporter who teaches investigative reporting at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Other highlights:

-- The inaugural Distinguished Wisconsin Watchdog Award, presented by the Center and Wisconsin FOIC to Dave Zweifel (shown at left), editor emeritus of The Capital Times and a founder of the FOIC.

-- The annual Opee Awards, presented by the FOIC.

-- Reception (cash bar) at 5. 

-- Dinner (cash bar) at 6. 

Just 120 tickets will be sold. Registration deadline has been extended to April 15. 

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