Meghan Horihan talked on the Tuesday, April 21, 2015, “Your Town” show on KXIC radio, AM 800, in Iowa City about her two years doing public relations work at IowaWatch
We have watched racial tension in Baltimore and other places in the United States in the past few months while also hearing about the historical reasons behind this unrest. But
For as long as Iowa has existed newspapers have recorded the events and people shaping communities, informing current residents but also leaving a history for future generations. But you might not be aware of a few things found in the history of Iowa newspapers.
The IowaWatch Connection radio program collected six awards for large market radio reporting at the 2015 Iowa Broadcast News Association convention in Johnston, Iowa, on April 18. Each week program
With candidates starting to throw their hats in the ring, Iowans prepare for a deluge of political visits. Iowa's caucuses sometimes seem to have mythical status. See if you know which is myth, and which is not.
Former IowaWatch reporter Lu Shen has won a Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Region 7 Mark of Excellence Award for a story she wrote about University of Iowa difficulty in
The presidential race is heating up in Iowa. With Iowa being the birthplace of former President Herbert Hoover we checked some controversies about the birthplaces of others with an eye on the White House, past and present.
A series of IowaWatch stories in late 2014 and early 2015 dug into concerns about how dog breeding facilities are inspected in Iowa. Animal rights advocates say not enough is being done to protect animals while breeders who talked with IowaWatch said inspections sometimes are unfair and aimed at the
You’ve read about tanning beds, texting while driving and farm safety in IowaWatch stories this past year. This week’s news quiz brings you up to date as of March 20 on where these matters stand in the Iowa Legislature.
IowaWatch's data analyst/journalist Lauren Mills talked about her recent story [http://www.iowawatch.org/2015/03/12/newspapers-piling-up-since-2009-while-state-historical-society-decides-how-to-preserve-them/] about Iowa newspapers piling up without being preserved by the state and Executive Directo
Although Iowa's past is filled with women who have impacted the course of our history, we’ve selected a few to highlight in this news quiz in honor of National Women's History Month. Think you know all about the women in Iowa’s history? Try your hand at this quiz:
