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What it takes to produce a South Dakota News Watch story

South Dakota News Watch Content Director Bart Pfankuch discusses some of the challenges of producing in-depth articles about significant statewide topics.

Bordewyk named executive director of South Dakota News Watch

David Bordewyk, a widely respected media leader for the past 25 years, is joining South Dakota News Watch as its executive director effective Nov. 1, 2019, the nonprofit organization announced. Bordewyk, a Brookings resident, is the longtime executive director of the South Dakota Newspaper Association. A 1984 journalism graduate of

SD journalism community mourns the loss of Maricarrol Kueter, founding editor of South Dakota News Watch

Maricarrol Kueter, a South Dakota native, longtime leader in the state journalism industry and founding executive director and editor of South Dakota News Watch, died on Aug. 10 after a long battle with cancer. Throughout her fight, Maricarrol, 63, had the strong support of her close family and friends, which

Journalism non-profit expands as second year begins

South Dakota News Watch, the state’s first and only non-profit news organization, will double its full-time staff as it begins its second year delivering in-depth reporting on important statewide topics. “With the encouragement and financial support of everyday South Dakotans, News Watch is expanding its reporting team in 2019

Contribute to S.D. News Watch by Dec. 31 and double your donation

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

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

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
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