News Watch

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South Dakota News Watch has been selected to participate in NewsMatch, a national campaign providing funding to non-profit news organizations. South Dakota News Watch is among more than 150 non-profit news organizations chosen to receive funding through the NewsMatch program. The matching gift campaign has helped non-profit newsrooms across the

News Watch Update: In-depth reporting on statewide issues

News Watch Update: In-depth reporting on statewide issues

To our supporters: How do you measure the impact of good journalism on a democracy? Americans have been debating that provocative question as long as our country has been around and it’s still hard to answer. But the times we are in now offer at least two ways to

March 2018 Update: Word is spreading as we deliver quality journalism

March 2018 Update: Word is spreading as we deliver quality journalism

To our supporters: It’s been a thrilling two weeks since the launch of South Dakota News Watch, which is gaining traction around South Dakota as a timely source of in-depth news about issues of statewide interest. On behalf of our board and staff, thank you for your enthusiastic support

Video and transcript: South Dakota News Watch public launch and press conference

Video and transcript: South Dakota News Watch public launch and press conference

Co-founders Randell Beck and Jack Marsh hosted the public launch of South Dakota News Watch at a press conference, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D. South Dakota News Watch is the nation’s latest non-profit news organization, committed to investigative and public service journalism for the

Co-founders: Welcome to South Dakota News Watch

Since the Sioux Falls City Democrat first published 160 years ago in what was then Dakota Territory, those who seek to cover the news in this place we call home have asked one simple thing: Trust us. Trust us – to report events accurately, thoroughly and fairly. Trust us — to tackle,