IowaWatch Connection - Investigate Midwest

Podcast: Farmland ownership in the U.S. and how it relates to food security

What does an increases in foreign investment mean for farmers in Iowa? IowaWatch Connection, a statewide radio program, dug into the issue of foreign investment and food security.

By Johnathan Hettinger, Investigate Midwest

/ 24 Jul 2017

Podcast: Farmland ownership in the U.S. and how it relates to food security

Podcast: Inside The Reporters' Notebooks For Stories On Mental Health, Opioid Addiction In Iowa

In-depth reporting on health and government topics requires a large investment of resources and time by journalists. We talk with three Iowa journalists about work they did behind the scenes for important stories.

By Thomas Nelson and Brittany Robb, with Jeff Stein

/ 21 Nov 2016

Podcast: Inside The Reporters' Notebooks For Stories On Mental Health, Opioid Addiction In Iowa

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Winning Pulitzer An "Obituary Changer" In Already Notable Career

Michael Gartner received the Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 1997 for editorials published in The Daily Tribune in Ames. He was co-owner and editor of the newspaper at the time. The Pulitzer board praised his "common sense editorials" for covering "issues deeply affecting the lives of people

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 1 Aug 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Winning Pulitzer An "Obituary Changer" In Already Notable Career

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Large Money Gap, Few Dark Money Contributions So Far In Grassley-Judge Senate Race

A big money gap marked the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and his Democrat challenger Patty Judge, according to the latest campaign disclosure reports available earlier this week at the time of production. Grassley's campaign had $5.2 million on hand back in May, 2

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 25 Jul 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Large Money Gap, Few Dark Money Contributions So Far In Grassley-Judge Senate Race

IowaWatch Connection: Iowa Communities Fighting Opioid Addiction As It Continues To Claim Lives

Forty-four people die everyday in the U.S. from overdose of prescription pain killers, according to statistics provided by the U.S. Attorney’s office. Annually those overdose deaths exceed motor vehicle or firearms deaths. Iowa communities are working to address addiction issues, but for some those

By Jeff Stein

/ 27 Jun 2016

IowaWatch Connection: Iowa Communities Fighting Opioid Addiction As It Continues To Claim Lives

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Iowa Schools Struggle With ADA Compliance

The federal Americans with Disabilities Act is intended to help people access public facilities, but an IowaWatch investigation shows most of our schools are not in compliance with the law.

By Hannah Soyer and Jeff Stein

/ 13 Jun 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Iowa Schools Struggle With ADA Compliance

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Moment Of Rescue - Reaction To Winning The Prize

One split second captured in a photograph defined the dramatic rescue of Patricia Ralph-Neely below Des Moines' Center Street Dam on June 30, 2009.

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 23 May 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Moment Of Rescue - Reaction To Winning The Prize

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Moment Of Rescue - The Making Of A Pulitzer-Winning Photo

A dramatic rescue at a Des Moines dam in 2009 resulted in a Pulitzer Prize for a Des Moines Register photographer. But there's more to the story.

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 17 May 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Moment Of Rescue - The Making Of A Pulitzer-Winning Photo

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Iowa Seniors Face Challenges From Scammers To Planning For Long-Term Care

Iowa’s senior citizens face a number of challenges, from resisting those who want to take advantage of them to making proper plans for passing down the family farm or planning for long term care.

By Jeff Stein

/ 9 May 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: With Speech on College Campuses, How Far Is Too Far?

College traditionally is considered a place where open speech and expression are learning tools, taking students deeper into issues. But does a line exist where speech on campus goes too far? This podcast is part of an IowaWatch college media journalism project in which 14 college student journalist

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 2 May 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: With Speech on College Campuses, How Far Is Too Far?

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Grassley Losing Some Luster With Supreme Court Nomination Stance

There was a time when Chuck Grassley simply was known as a senator from Iowa. Now, following the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland, Americans in all 50 states want a piece of the senator.

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 18 Apr 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Grassley Losing Some Luster With Supreme Court Nomination Stance

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Voter Dissatisfaction Disrupting Presidential Nominations

Iowans had some clear ideas about what they wanted the current slate of candidates to do once in office. Now, as the prospect of one or even two open conventions is upon us, was anyone listening?

By Jeff Stein

/ 11 Apr 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Voter Dissatisfaction Disrupting Presidential Nominations