Who We Are

We the People/Wisconsin is a multi-media partnership that aims to reconnect citizens with public life through town hall meetings, candidate and issue forums and citizen-based reporting.

The non-profit coalition includes the Wisconsin State Journal, Wisconsin Public Television, Wisconsin Public Radio, WISC-TV (CBS, Madison), WisPolitics.com and Wood Communications Group.

We the People/Wisconsin produces timely forums so that citizens can question political candidates, public officials - and themselves. It does not advocate for any candidate, political party or movement. It advocates for readers, viewers and listeners by serving as a channel for conversations between citizens and public officials throughout Wisconsin.

Why does We the People/Wisconsin exist?
Many citizens feel issues they care about and questions they need answered are not addressed by politicians. Many of those same citizens also feel the media does not cover these issues or questions - and even enable politicians to avoid them. We the People's goal is to ensure citizens' concerns are discussed fully and their questions answered, by devising forums in which these concerns are addressed by both politicians and the media.

How does We the People/Wisconsin do this?
Since 1992, We the People has enlisted partners from all segments of the media: print, radio, television and online. With the help of these dedicated partners, We the People holds focus groups, conducts polls, and does interviews with citizens to see what issues and questions they believe should be discussed, and then establishes forums, such as debates between political candidates to ensure these issues and questions receive attention from politicians and the media.