IowaWatch co-founder Stephen Berry spoke recently on KXEL-AM 1540 radio in Waterloo, with IowaWatch Connection host Jeff Stein about IowaWatch and the upcoming Celebrating a Free Press and Open Government banquet, scheduled for Oct. 2, 2014, in Des Moines.
IowaWatch digital analyst/reporter Lauren Mills spoke on Beth Malicki's "To the Point" program on KCRG-TV9 for a program about her investigation into why the payday loan industry is not regulated more than it already is in Iowa.
KXIC host Jay Capron talked with Katelynn McCollough about sexual assaults on college campuses, including a 2013 story still relevant today about flaws in mandatory crime reporting on college campuses. Also on the show: an Amber Rouse story dealing with frac sand mining controversies in northeast Io
IowaWatch executive director-editor Lyle Muller talked on WMT radio host Bob Bruce’s Wednesday, Sept. 17, program about reporter Amber Rouse’s story about northeast Iowa residents’ fight to
IowaWatch executive director and editor Lyle Muller spoke on WHO radio, 1040 AM-Des Moines, on Sept. 5 about IowaWatch and the upcoming Celebrating a Free Press and Open Government Banquet, to be held in Des Moines on Oct. 2. Listen to the podcast.
The noted radio talk show host and First Amendment advocate accepted IowaWatch's invitation to speak in Iowa. IowaWatch, the Iowa Freedom of Information and Iowa Newspaper Foundation are holding the Oct. 2 banquet to bring attention to the public's right to know.
IowaWatch executive director-editor Lyle Muller talked about Lauren Mills' payday loans investigation and a variety of other topics as WMT radio host Bob Bruce's guest on Wednesday, Aug. 13. You can listen to WMT's podcast here.
Research and legwork for this story began in late 2013, based on a suggestion by Charles Munro, a lecturer and associate director of undergraduate studies at the University of Iowa
Leaders from the local nonprofit news organization IowaWatch said their new radio program — the IowaWatch Connection — is off to a successful start, an Iowa City Press-Citizen story published July 19 begins. You can read the entire article, by Chastity Dillard, at this link.
IowaWatch was featured during a large portion of the Tuesday, July 15, "Your Town" show on KXIC radio, AM 800, in Iowa City. Host Jay Capron interviewed Executive Director-Editor Lyle Muller.
IowaWatch's staff traveled to San Francisco for the Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference and Investigative News Network Day. Both were selected to participate either as a presenter or panelist.
This venture by IowaWatch, with radio station partners across Iowa, plus others who want to promote meaningful conversation about issues in the state, is funded by a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant.
