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News Quiz: Civil Rights and Social Justice in Iowa

Test your knowledge about Iowa and Iowans in connection with civil rights and social justice.

By IowaWatch

/ 16 Jan 2015

News Quiz: Civil Rights and Social Justice in Iowa

News Quiz: Iowa's Governors

Terry Branstad’s inauguration for a sixth term as Iowa governor is scheduled for Jan. 16, extending his record as Iowa’s longest-serving governor. Test your knowledge on some of the other chief executives who have served the state during its history.

By IowaWatch

/ 9 Jan 2015

Podcast: IowaWatch on WMT Radio Talking About Its Latest Work, And The Weather

IowaWatch executive director-editor Lyle Muller talked on WMT radio host Bob Bruce's Thursday, Jan. 9, program about one those topics that always sparks a conversation in Iowa -- the weather. But they also found time to talk about the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch, in general,

By IowaWatch

/ 8 Jan 2015

Podcast: IowaWatch on WMT Radio Talking About Its Latest Work, And The Weather

Times In January When IPTV Airs "Breaking The Cycle"

The Katie Kuntz documentary for IowaWatch, "Breaking the Cycle: Meth Addiction in the Heartland,” premiered at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, on Iowa Public Television’s World channel – .3 on the statewide network’s digital television channels.

By IowaWatch

/ 6 Jan 2015

Times In January When IPTV Airs "Breaking The Cycle"

Katie Kuntz/IowaWatch Meth Abuse Documentary Gets Iowa Public Television Premiere at 8 CST Tonight

The Katie Kuntz documentary for IowaWatch, “Breaking the Cycle: Meth Addiction in the Heartland,” premieres at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, on Iowa Public Television’s World channel – .3

By IowaWatch

/ 4 Jan 2015

Katie Kuntz/IowaWatch Meth Abuse Documentary Gets Iowa Public Television Premiere at 8 CST Tonight

College Student Barriers, Texting While Driving, Payday Loans: IowaWatch’s Most Read Stories of 2014

The IowaWatch stories you read most in 2014 ranged from troubles Chinese students have adjusting to life at the University of Iowa to the payday loan trap many enter in Iowa.

By IowaWatch

/ 30 Dec 2014

College Student Barriers, Texting While Driving, Payday Loans: IowaWatch’s Most Read Stories of 2014

Watch The Video: IowaWatch Participates In KCRG-TV9 Dissection Of Political Ads

"Ethical Perspectives on the News," a public affairs program produced by the Inter-Religious Council of Linn County for KCRG-TV9 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, tackled the impact of political advertising in its Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, show. IowaWatch participated.

By IowaWatch

/ 23 Dec 2014

Watch The Video: IowaWatch Participates In KCRG-TV9 Dissection Of Political Ads

News Quiz: Iowa's Changing Population

How much do you know about the people living in Iowa? Take this IowaWatch news quiz to find out.

By IowaWatch

/ 19 Dec 2014

Podcast: KXIC Interview About IowaWatch Story About Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Laws

KXIC radio's "Your Town' host Jay Capron talked with IowaWatch's Sarah Hadley about reporting she has done on the failure of Iowa's texting-while-driving laws to reduce traffic accidents significantly, and executive director Lyle Muller about IowaWatch in general.

By IowaWatch

/ 17 Dec 2014

Podcast: KXIC Interview About IowaWatch Story About Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Laws

News Quiz: The History of Flight in the Hawkeye State

On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright took to the air in the famous Kitty Hawk flight, the first successful flight in a man-powered airplane. Over the next decades, the adventure of conquering the air captivated the world, including many Iowans. Test your knowledge about the roots of aviat

By IowaWatch

/ 12 Dec 2014

News Quiz: The History of Flight in the Hawkeye State

News Quiz: Myths And Truths About The Iowa Caucuses

Yes, the presidential precinct caucuses will not be held until 2016 but candidates eyeing the White House are lining up in both the Republican and Democratic parties. That means they have been lining up already to visit Iowa, where the nation’s first precinct caucuses start the presidential nominati

By IowaWatch

/ 5 Dec 2014

News Quiz: Myths And Truths About The Iowa Caucuses

Iowa Flunks FollowTheMoney's Independent Campaign Spending Test

FollowTheMoney.org, the website run by the National Institute on Money in State Politics, flunked Iowa when it updated grades it gives states for how those states handle the disclosure of campaign spending by independent parties.

By IowaWatch

/ 3 Dec 2014

Iowa Flunks FollowTheMoney's Independent Campaign Spending Test