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KXIC Podcast: Journalism With Impact During IowaWatch's First Five Years

IowaWatch co-founder Stephen Berry and digital analyst/assistant editor Lauren Mills talked on the Tuesday, May 19, 2015, “Your Town” show on KXIC radio, AM 800, in Iowa City

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/ 19 May 2015

KXIC Podcast: Journalism With Impact During IowaWatch's First Five Years

Campus Exhibit at University Of Iowa Marks IowaWatch 5th Anniversary

A little more than five years ago a small group of forward-thinking people could only imagine what the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism with its news website, IowaWatch.org, would be. That changed on May 29, 2010, when the first IowaWatch story was published.

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/ 19 May 2015

Campus Exhibit at University Of Iowa Marks IowaWatch 5th Anniversary

SPJ Names Lu Shen IowaWatch Story Nation's Best Student Journalism Online News Story

An IowaWatch story former reporter Lu Shen wrote about University of Iowa difficulty helping Chinese students adjust to Iowa in 2013-14 has won the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Award for best online news story by a college journalist in 2014.

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/ 6 May 2015

SPJ Names Lu Shen IowaWatch Story Nation's Best Student Journalism Online News Story

KXIC Podcast Covers Two Student-Driven Investigations For IowaWatch

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

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/ 3 May 2015

KXIC Podcast Covers Two Student-Driven Investigations For IowaWatch

IowaWatch Connection Earns Six IBNA Awards

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

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/ 20 Apr 2015

IowaWatch Connection Earns Six IBNA Awards

IowaWatch Story By Lu Shen Takes SPJ Regional Online Newswriting Award

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

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/ 10 Apr 2015

IowaWatch Story By Lu Shen Takes SPJ Regional Online Newswriting Award

Podcast: IowaWatch On KXIC Radio Talk About Newspaper Preservation, Open Government, 5th Anniversary

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

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/ 18 Mar 2015

Podcast: IowaWatch On KXIC Radio Talk About Newspaper Preservation, Open Government, 5th Anniversary

Podcast: IowaWatch Student Journalism Gets The Spotlight In KXIC Interview

IowaWatch's executive director-editor Lyle Muller spoke about stories that college students in Iowa are reporting and writing for IowaWatch when he was a guest on the Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, "Your Town" show on KXIC radio, AM 800, in Iowa City.

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/ 23 Feb 2015

Podcast: IowaWatch Student Journalism Gets The Spotlight In KXIC Interview

Cheryl Mullenbach’s “Iowa Stories” Joins IowaWatch Weekly Lineup

The weekly column “Iowa Stories,” a collection of stories about notable events in Iowa’s history by Cheryl Mullenbach, has joined the list of regular IowaWatch.org offerings.

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/ 18 Feb 2015

Cheryl Mullenbach’s “Iowa Stories” Joins IowaWatch Weekly Lineup

IowaWatch Receives Two Major Grants Worth $85,000

The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, The Gazette and KCRG-TV9 show continued support for IowaWatch effort.

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/ 17 Feb 2015

IowaWatch Receives Two Major Grants Worth $85,000

Iowa Public Radio Report: Journalism's Role In The Lives Of Brian Williams, Jon Stewart

Iowa Public Radio's Ben Kieffer dissected the impact of Brian Williams' suspension from being NBC News' lead anchor and Jon Stewart's announcement about leaving Stewart's popular news satire show on Comedy Central. Keiffer's guests for the Thursday, Feb. 12, "River to River" report included IowaWatc

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/ 13 Feb 2015

Iowa Public Radio Report: Journalism's Role In The Lives Of Brian Williams, Jon Stewart

'Ethical Perspectives on the News' Program Examines Ethical News Reporting And Gathering

'Ethical Perspectives on the News,' a public affairs program produced by the Inter-Religious Council of Linn County for KCRG-TV9 in Cedar Rapids examined the ethics of news gathering during its Feb. 1 program. IowaWatch Executive Director-Editor Lyle Muller was one of the guests.

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/ 1 Feb 2015

'Ethical Perspectives on the News' Program Examines Ethical News Reporting And Gathering