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Free Speech On College Campuses The Topic Of May 2 IowaWatch Forum

The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch will hold a public forum on Tuesday, May 2, in Iowa City that examines whether or not limits exist for speech and

By Laura Devine for IowaWatch

/ 18 Apr 2016

Free Speech On College Campuses The Topic Of May 2 IowaWatch Forum

Select IowaWatch Connection Programs Focus On Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalism In Iowa

The first radio programs in an IowaWatch series on Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa journalism focus on a unique way of handling news reports of a difficult topic in 1990 – rape.

By Clare Goodwin

/ 15 Apr 2016

Select IowaWatch Connection Programs Focus On Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalism In Iowa

IowaWatch Reporter Earns Fund For Investigative Journalism Grant

The Fund for Investigative Journalism has awarded IowaWatch’s Lauren Mills a $5,000 grant to support a journalism project in which she will examine Iowa’s water quality. This marks the third time the organization has given an IowaWatch reporter a grant and the second time it has given one to Mills,

By IowaWatch

/ 17 Mar 2016

IowaWatch Reporter Earns Fund For Investigative Journalism Grant

Book By Iowa Stories Author Cheryl Mullenbach Selected For Notable Social Studies List

The Great Depression for Kids: Hardship and Hope in 1930s America, by Cheryl Mullenbach, has made the list of Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2016.

By IowaWatch

/ 25 Feb 2016

Book By Iowa Stories Author Cheryl Mullenbach Selected For Notable Social Studies List

Podcast Link: The Importance Of Investigative Reporting

Iowa Public Radio examined the importance of investigative journalism, nationally and in Iowa, during its Tuesday, Feb. 23, "River to River" program and included IowaWatch Executive Director-Editor Lyle Muller, IowaWatch board member Andy Hall and Jason Clayworth, investigative reporter at The Des M

By IowaWatch

/ 23 Feb 2016

Podcast Link: The Importance Of Investigative Reporting

IowaWatch Joins Iowa Freedom Of Information Council

The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch has joined the Iowa Freedom of Information Council as a First Amendment member because it matches the center’s goal of shining a spotlight on institutions and people who have authority over public policies, trends and events.

By IowaWatch

/ 15 Feb 2016

IowaWatch Joins Iowa Freedom Of Information Council

Podcast: Young Journalists Gain Experience Covering Their First Iowa Presidential Caucuses

IowaWatch reporters Hannah Soyer and Danielle Wilde, spoke with assistant editor/data analyst/reporter Lauren Mills about the experience of covering their first Iowa caucuses in this podcast.

By Lauren Mills, with Hannah Soyer and Danielle Wilde

/ 4 Feb 2016

Podcast: Young Journalists Gain Experience Covering Their First Iowa Presidential Caucuses

Bill Casey, Lee Rood Named IowaWatch Master Mentors

The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch has honored two longtime Iowa news professionals for work they’ve done as mentors to young journalists – The Daily Iowan publisher Bill Casey and The Des Moines Register watchdog reporter Lee Rood.

By IowaWatch

/ 25 Jan 2016

Bill Casey, Lee Rood Named IowaWatch Master Mentors

Danielle Wilde Named 2015 IowaWatch/Fotini Perlmutter Award Winner

University of Iowa student Danielle Wilde has won the 2015 IowaWatch/Fotini Perlmutter scholarship, an annual award given for outstanding investigative reporting. The award, funded with a grant by former

By Ty McClelland

/ 18 Nov 2015

Danielle Wilde Named 2015 IowaWatch/Fotini Perlmutter Award Winner

Iowa's Bid For Open Government Is Never-Ending

The grade might stun you — Iowa receiving a D-plus for government transparency from the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity Monday morning, Nov. 9, in a government transparency

By Lyle Muller

/ 16 Nov 2015

Iowa's Bid For Open Government Is Never-Ending

Navigating The Workplace At 50 The Topic For AARP, IowaWatch Lunch, Panel Discussions

AARP Iowa and IowaWatch.org are teaming up to host two luncheon panel discussions, Navigating the Workplace at 50, in Des Moines on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Grandview University Student Center, 1200 Grandview Ave.; and in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 1

By IowaWatch

/ 12 Nov 2015

Navigating The Workplace At 50 The Topic For AARP, IowaWatch Lunch, Panel Discussions

View Our 2015 Annual Report and 990 Tax Return for 2014

The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch.org released on Oct. 8, 2015, an annual report that shows advancements the nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization made in the past year.

By IowaWatch

/ 14 Oct 2015

View Our 2015 Annual Report and 990 Tax Return for 2014

Free Speech On College Campuses The Topic Of May 2 IowaWatch Forum

Select IowaWatch Connection Programs Focus On Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalism In Iowa

IowaWatch Reporter Earns Fund For Investigative Journalism Grant

Book By Iowa Stories Author Cheryl Mullenbach Selected For Notable Social Studies List

Podcast Link: The Importance Of Investigative Reporting

IowaWatch Joins Iowa Freedom Of Information Council

Podcast: Young Journalists Gain Experience Covering Their First Iowa Presidential Caucuses

Bill Casey, Lee Rood Named IowaWatch Master Mentors

Danielle Wilde Named 2015 IowaWatch/Fotini Perlmutter Award Winner

Iowa's Bid For Open Government Is Never-Ending

Navigating The Workplace At 50 The Topic For AARP, IowaWatch Lunch, Panel Discussions

View Our 2015 Annual Report and 990 Tax Return for 2014

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