South Dakota News Watch
WEBSep 15, 2024 · Poll shows support for grocery tax repeal, but critics warn of budget crunch. South Dakota News Watch is an independent, nonprofit organization reporting untold stories that help South Dakotans be informed and engaged citizens.
South Dakota Voter Guide - South Dakota News Watch
WEBSep 22, 2024 · Registering, voting and important dates. The South Dakota Secretary of State's website includes details about how to register to vote, where to vote and how to absentee vote if you're unable to cast a ballot on Election Day and other important information.. Key dates for 2024: Sept. 20: Absentee voting begins; Oct. 21: Voter registration deadline; Nov. 5: General election (polls are open from ...
Staff and Freelancers - South Dakota News Watch
WEBSouth Dakota News Watch is staffed by a chief executive officer, two investigative journalists and freelance journalists. Carson Walker Title: chief executive officer Contact: 605-610-9366 / carson.walker@sdnewswatch.org Language spoken: English Demographic expertise: South Dakota and its people. Walker has traveled the entire state extensively throughout his journalism career
Open primaries in South Dakota has early support: Poll
WEBStu Whitney. Jan 8, 2024 8 min. Nearly half of South Dakota voters support a proposed constitutional amendment to establish “top-two” open primaries for most political races, a News Watch poll shows. “I Voted” stickers are separated for voters at the downtown Siouxland Public Library branch in Sioux Falls in 2022.
Ballot effort would allow more South Dakotans to choose …
WEBMay 15, 2023 · Politics. Ballot effort would allow more South Dakotans to choose candidates. But can it pass? Stu Whitney. May 15, 2023 8 min. Tom Dempster, a former state senator and Minnehaha County Commissioner, speaks at a press conference to announce the signature drive to put a constitutional amendment that would allow for open primaries on the 2024 ...
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WEBMission statement South Dakota News Watch is an independent, nonprofit organization reporting untold stories that help South Dakotans be informed and engaged citizens. South Dakota News Watch produces investigative and public service journalism that sheds light on the issues, concerns and welfare of South Dakotans. History Retired journalists Jack …
Weekly newspapers in South Dakota bucking national news trend
WEBJun 15, 2023 · Weekly paid circulation has also fallen by roughly half over the past four decades, from a high of about 200,000 in 1980 to 100,000 now, which equates to about 250,000 individual readers, Bordewyk said. Like many businesses, newspapers suffered hard financial times during the COVID-19 pandemic as advertisers could not afford to …
SD News Watch wins numerous awards
WEBMay 8, 2024 · Bart Pfankuch and Stu Whitney honored by multiple organizations. South Dakota News Watch content director Bart Pfankuch, CEO Carson Walker and investigative reporter Stu Whitney, Friday, April 26, 2024, at the South Dakota NewsMedia Association convention in Huron.
Politics - South Dakota News Watch
WEBAug 8, 2024 · Everything South Dakota voters need to know about statewide contests in the Nov. 5 general election: How to register and vote, what's at stake, and a way to ask questions and express what issues are important to them.
South Dakota News Watch hires Carson Walker as first CEO
WEBDec 12, 2022 3 min. South Dakota News Watch, the state’s first nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization, has hired veteran journalist and communications professional Carson Walker as its first chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Walker will assume the company’s top management role, succeeding News Watch co-founders Randell Beck ...