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'Ethical Perspectives on the News' Takes Post-Election Look At U.S., Iowa

IowaWatch Executive Director-Editor Lyle Muller was a guest on a recent Ethical Perspectives on the News program KCRG-TV-9 along with Tim Hagle, professor of political science at the University of Iowa; and Jesse Case of Teamsters Local 238. The host and moderator was Karl Cassell.

By IowaWatch

/ 22 Dec 2016

'Ethical Perspectives on the News' Takes Post-Election Look At U.S., Iowa

IowaWatch Selected For Knight News Match

IowaWatch, run by the non-profit, non-partisan Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, is one of 57 news organizations the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has selected for a one-month-long matching fund drive.

By IowaWatch

/ 20 Dec 2016

IowaWatch Selected For Knight News Match

Three Questions That Explain Iowa's, and Terry Branstad's, Tie To China

Iowa, and in particular, Gov. Terry Branstad, have built significant economic and diplomatic relationships with China since the 1980s. Learn more in this news quiz about Iowa-Chinese relations.

By IowaWatch

/ 7 Dec 2016

Three Questions That Explain Iowa's, and Terry Branstad's, Tie To China

News Quiz: Thanksgiving Football In Iowa Has A History

The state of Iowa's history of Thanksgiving football goes back quite a few years. How far? Find out in this IowaWatch news quiz.

By IowaWatch

/ 22 Nov 2016

News Quiz: Thanksgiving Football In Iowa Has A History

View Our 2016 Annual Report and 990 Tax Return for 2015

The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch.org released on Sept. 29, 2016, an annual report that shows accomplishment of the nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization in the past year. You may read it and our 990 tax return here.

By IowaWatch

/ 14 Oct 2016

View Our 2016 Annual Report and 990 Tax Return for 2015

IowaWatch Wins Community Foundation Grant

The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch learned on Monday, Sept. 26, that it has won a $1,000 Community Foundation of Johnson County grant for a high school journalism project to be undertaken in 2017.

By IowaWatch

/ 26 Sep 2016

IowaWatch Wins Community Foundation Grant

News Quiz: Relationship between Iowa and China

Gov. Terry Branstad said in a summer IowaWatch interview that Iowa needs to maintain trade relationships with China and get good business deals with partners in that country. Iowa has built significant economic and diplomatic relationships with China since the 1980s. Find out in this news quiz how m

By IowaWatch

/ 26 Aug 2016

News Quiz: Relationship between Iowa and China

News Quiz: Scams Targeting The Elderly

A recent IowaWatch report reveals that many elderly people have become scammers’ easy targets and lost billions of dollars in the past several years. Take this news quiz and find out how much you know about financial scams that target seniors, and how to deal with them.

By IowaWatch

/ 5 Aug 2016

News Quiz: Managing Iowa's Landfills

Iowans dumped 2.7 million tons of garbage into landfills last year. One method the Iowa Department of Natural Resources promotes to reduce the negative influence of dumping all that garbage has on the environment is called the Environmental Management System, but many Iowa landfill operators are rel

By IowaWatch

/ 22 Jul 2016

News Quiz: Iowa Pulitzer Prize Winners for Journalism

Each year, the Pulitzer Prize [http://www.pulitzer.org/page/frequently-asked-questions] administration gives out 21 awards for American journalism, literature, drama and music. Prizes are offered in 14 journalistic categories, including public service reporting, investigative reporting, feature writ

By IowaWatch

/ 3 Jun 2016

News Quiz: Iowa Pulitzer Prize Winners for Journalism

Columnist Cheryl Mullenbach's Tales About Iowa History Return To IowaWatch in June

Cheryl Mullenbach, whose columns about Iowa history were a weekly feature at IowaWatch.org in 2015, is returning to her old spot with new columns each Saturday, beginning June 4. Her new column will be called “Iowa History.”

By IowaWatch

/ 27 May 2016

Columnist Cheryl Mullenbach's Tales About Iowa History Return To IowaWatch in June

News Quiz: Native American History in Iowa

An estimated 17 different Native American tribes have lived in Iowa, according to Iowa’s Official Register, a 2011 document by the State Library of Iowa. How familiar are you with the history surrounding the tribes that lived in Iowa?

By IowaWatch

/ 20 May 2016

'Ethical Perspectives on the News' Takes Post-Election Look At U.S., Iowa

IowaWatch Selected For Knight News Match

Three Questions That Explain Iowa's, and Terry Branstad's, Tie To China

News Quiz: Thanksgiving Football In Iowa Has A History

View Our 2016 Annual Report and 990 Tax Return for 2015

IowaWatch Wins Community Foundation Grant

News Quiz: Relationship between Iowa and China

News Quiz: Scams Targeting The Elderly

News Quiz: Managing Iowa's Landfills

News Quiz: Iowa Pulitzer Prize Winners for Journalism

Columnist Cheryl Mullenbach's Tales About Iowa History Return To IowaWatch in June

News Quiz: Native American History in Iowa

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