Bill Lueders

Bill Lueders is the Money and Politics Project director of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (wisconsinwatch.org). Lueders is a veteran Wisconsin newspaper editor and reporter who came to the Center after 25 years at Isthmus, a Madison weekly. He is also the elected president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, a statewide group that works to protect public access to meetings and records. He has received national awards for editorial writing and reporting on animal issues and state awards for investigative, legal, interpretative and business reporting. He is the author of three books: An Enemy of the State: The Life of Erwin Knoll, Cry Rape: The True Story of One Woman’s Harrowing Quest for Justice and Watchdog: 25 Years of Muckraking and Rabblerousing.

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