{{Short description|News website covering courts in Chicago}} {{Use list-defined references|date=December 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Use American English|date=November 2024}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox organization | name = ''Injustice Watch'' | logo = Injustice Watch logo.png | type = Investigative journalism | status = 501(c)(3) | tax_id = 47-4537172 | founded = {{start date and age|2015}} | founder = {{Unbulleted list|Rob Warden|Rick Tulsky}} | location = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | key_people = | region_served = Chicagoland | focus = Judiciary of Illinois | website = {{Official URL}} | budget = $1.14 million | budget_year = 2022 | revenue = $2.27 million | revenue_year = 2022 }} '''''Injustice Watch''''' is a nonprofit investigative journalism organization based in Chicago, covering the Circuit Court of Cook County and other parts of the criminal justice system in the region.<ref name="Serrano 2020" />
== History == ''Injustice Watch'' was co-founded by Center on Wrongful Convictions founder Rob Warden<ref name="Warden 2017" /> and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Tulsky in 2015.<ref name="Tulsky 2015" />
== Journalism == The publication's work has been described as "activism journalism," rejecting the idea of journalistic objectivity in favor of a focus on "fairness" and "ethics."<ref name="Serrano 2020" /> ''Injustice Watch'' also publishes a guide for voters to learn more about candidates for election or retention to the state judiciary.<ref name="WMAQ-TV 2024" /><ref name="Newman 2024" /><ref name="WTTW 2020" />
== Reception == ''Injustice Watch''{{'}}s coverage of bail hearings,<ref name="Heaton 2017" /> pre-trial detention,<ref name="Brink 2021" /> and prosecutorial discretion<ref name="Barkow 2021" /><ref name="Zamouri 2023" /> have received attention from legal scholars.<ref name="Shteynberg 2019" /> In 2019, the organization announced the Plain View Project, a database documenting the use of racist language online by police officers,<ref name="Mauldin 2024" /><ref name="Williams 2023" /><ref name="Hoerner 2019" /> which has been used as evidence for racial bias in American policing<ref name="Remster 2024" /> and was a finalist in the 2020 Online Journalism Awards.<ref name="OJA 2020"/> In 2023, the organization received an award in the "small newsrooms" category from the Better Government Association for its coverage of court-ordered remote alcohol monitoring.<ref name="Driehaus 2023" />
== See also == * {{annotated link|Innocence Project}} * {{annotated link|ProPublica}}
== References == <references> <ref name="Barkow 2021"> {{cite journal | author1-first = Rachel E. | author1-last = Barkow | date = 2021 | title = Can prosecutors end mass incarceration? | language = en | publication = Michigan Law Review | volume = 119 | issue = 6 | pages = 1365–1398 | doi = 10.36644/mlr.119.6.can | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="Brink 2021"> {{cite journal | author1-first = Malia | author1-last = Brink | date = 2021 | title = Public defense after the pandemic | language = en | publication = Criminal Justice | volume = 36 | issue = 3 | pages = 45–47 | id = {{ProQuest|2791357963}} | quote = In Illinois, for example, the state supreme court suspended speedy trial rights in April 2020. Asked about reinstatement in June 2021 by Injustice Watch, a spokesperson for the court could not provide a timeline. }}</ref><ref name="Driehaus 2023"> {{cite press release | date = 2023 | title = ProPublica, the Chicago Tribune, and Injustice Watch Take Top Honors at 2023 Driehaus Foundation Awards for Investigative Reporting | language = en | publisher = Richard H. Driehaus Foundation | url = https://driehausfoundation.org/news/2023/propublica-the-chicago-tribune-and-injustice-watch-take-top-honors-at-2023-driehaus-foundation-awards-for-investigative-reporting | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230531103205/https://driehausfoundation.org/news/2023/propublica-the-chicago-tribune-and-injustice-watch-take-top-honors-at-2023-driehaus-foundation-awards-for-investigative-reporting | archive-date = 2023-05-31 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Heaton 2017"> {{cite journal | author1-first = Paul | author1-last = Heaton | author2-first = Sandra | author2-last = Mayson | author3-first = Megan | author3-last = Stevenson | date = 2017 | title = The downstream consequences of misdemeanor pretrial detention | language = en | publication = Stanford Law Review | volume = 69 | issue = 3 | pages = 711–794 }}</ref><ref name="Hoerner 2019"> {{cite news | author1-first = Emily | author1-last = Hoerner | author2-first = Rick | author2-last = Tulsky | date = 2019 | title = Cops around the country are posting racist and violent comments on Facebook | language = en | newspaper = Injustice Watch | department = In Plain View | url = https://interactives.injusticewatch.org/cops-troubling-facebook-posts-revealed/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240205223717/https://interactives.injusticewatch.org/cops-troubling-facebook-posts-revealed/ | archive-date = 2024-02-05 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Mauldin 2024"> {{cite book | author1-first = Marcus D. | author1-last = Mauldin | date = 2024 | chapter = The ethics of public employees' disparaging private social media use, erosion of trust, and the advancement of the public interest | language = en | editor1-first = Amanda M. | editor1-last = Olejarski | editor2-first = Sue M. | editor2-last = Neal | title = Empowering Public Administrators: Ethics and Public Service Values | pages = 122–134 | doi = 10.4324/9781032651835-10 | isbn = 978-1-03-265183-5 | oclc = 1411788008 | ol = 37567416W | quote = Organizations such as Injustice Watch have begun monitoring and reporting racist and violent social media posts made by law enforcement officers }}</ref><ref name="Newman 2024"> {{cite news | author1-first = Jonah | author1-last = Newman | date = 2024-11-03 | title = A guide to the 2024 Cook County judicial retention races | language = en | newspaper = Chicago Tribune | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/03/opinion-cook-county-judicial-retention-guide-injustice-watch/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241107183658/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/03/opinion-cook-county-judicial-retention-guide-injustice-watch/ | archive-date = 2024-11-07 | url-status = live | quote = Injustice Watch’s team of investigative reporters works to fill this gap by providing voters with nonpartisan information about Cook County judicial elections. }}</ref><ref name="WMAQ-TV 2024"> {{cite news | date = 2024-11-04 | title = Chicago judge election guide: Here's how to research judges on your 2024 ballot | language = en | newspaper = WMAQ-TV | url = https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/chicago-judge-election-guide-heres-how-to-research-judges-on-your-2024-ballot/3591593/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241107070310/https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/chicago-judge-election-guide-heres-how-to-research-judges-on-your-2024-ballot/3591593/ | archive-date = 2024-11-07 | url-status = live | quote = Voters in Cook County can turn to a few different resources, including a massive guide published by Injustice Watch. The interactive guide provides information on 75 circuit court judges and two appellate court judges that are running for retention or election to full terms in the area. }}</ref><ref name="WTTW 2020"> {{cite episode | date = 2020-10-13 | title = Injustice watch launches 2020 Judicial Election Guide | language = en | series = Chicago Tonight | network = WTTW | url = https://www.pbs.org/video/injustice-watch-launches-2020-judicial-election-guide-0jcno4/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221007042718/https://www.pbs.org/video/injustice-watch-launches-2020-judicial-election-guide-0jcno4/ | archive-date = 2022-10-07 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Remster 2024"> {{cite journal | author1-first = Brianna | author1-last = Remster | author2-first = Chris M. | author2-last = Smith | author3-first = Rory | author3-last = Kramer | date = 2024 | title = Race, gender, and police violence in the shadow of controlling images | language = en | publication = Social Problems | volume = 71 | issue = 2 | pages = 353–376 | doi = 10.1093/socpro/spac018 }}</ref><ref name="Serrano 2020"> {{cite thesis | author1-first = Kathryn | author1-last = Serrano | date = 2020 | title = Journalism vs. Activism: How the Social Impact of Journalism Has Evolved | language = en | publisher = University of Arkansas | degree = M.A. | url = https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/3567/ }}</ref><ref name="Shteynberg 2019"> {{cite book | author1-first = Reveka V. | author1-last = Shteynberg | author2-first = Alissa Pollitz | author2-last = Worden | date = 2019 | chapter = Bail and pretrial detention reform in the lower courts | pages = 119–131 | language = en | editor1-first = Alisa | editor1-last = Smith | editor2-first = Sean | editor2-last = Maddan | title = The Lower Criminal Courts | doi = 10.4324/9780429268816-12 | isbn = 978-0-429-26881-6 | oclc = 1082971665 }}</ref><ref name="Tulsky 2015"> {{cite news | author1-first = Rick | author1-last = Tulsky | date = 2015-11-22 | title = Launching Injustice Watch: New voices, new openness | language = en | newspaper = Injustice Watch | url = https://www.injusticewatch.org/staff-news/2015/new-voices-new-openness/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240829075257/https://www.injusticewatch.org/staff-news/2015/new-voices-new-openness/ | archive-date = 2024-08-29 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Warden 2017"> {{cite news | date = 2017-01-30 | title = Law Review honors Rob Warden | language = en | newspaper = Injustice Watch | url = https://www.injusticewatch.org/archive/2017/law-review-honors-rob-warden/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241107194822/https://www.injusticewatch.org/archive/2017/law-review-honors-rob-warden/ | archive-date = 2024-11-07 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Williams 2023"> {{cite conference | author1-first = Tom | author1-last = Williams | author2-first = Kerstin Sophie | author2-last = Haring | date = 2023 | title = No Justice, No Robots: From the Dispositions of Policing to an Abolitionist Robotics | language = en | conference = AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society | page = 570 | doi = 10.1145/3600211.3604663 | doi-access = free | quote = In Philadelphia (where such a group of 72 Philadelphia police officers was uncovered), the Plain View Project revealed that of the 1,000 police profiles identified on Facebook, one in three had posted troubling content and of this third, one in three had had one or more federal civil rights suits filed against them. }}</ref><ref name="Zamouri 2023"> {{cite journal | author1-first = Inès | author1-last = Zamouri | date = 2023 | title = Self-defense, responsibility, and punishment: Rethinking the criminalization of women who kill their abusive intimate partners | language = en | publication = UCLA Journal of Gender and Law | volume = 30 | issue = 1 | pages = 203–270 | doi = 10.5070/L330161550 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="OJA 2020"> {{cite web | date = 2020 | title = In Plain View (and related articles) | language = en | website = Online Journalism Awards | publisher = Online News Association | url = https://awards.journalists.org/entries/in-plain-view/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201001002142/https://awards.journalists.org/entries/in-plain-view/ | archive-date = 2020-10-01 | url-status = live }} </ref> </references>
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