Iowa State University has been a focal point for free speech issues the past few years because of moves free speech advocates criticized as stifling speech and expression.
Recent incidents at a small private Iowa college have evolved into an example of how animosities occur, spread across campus and sometimes shut down communication when different interpretations of free speech exist.
Former Boston Globe Spotlight investigative reporting team member Matt Carroll told an IowaWatch audience about the importance of dogged investigative reporting before the audience viewed the Oscar-winning movie “Spotlight” in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, May 5.
An IowaWatch college media journalism project in late winter and early spring found a general aversion to limiting speech and expression on several Iowa campuses but willingness among some to regulate speech – hate speech for instance – that threatens someone. One of several stories in this report.
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
Students, teachers and administrators share their thoughts about speech and expression boundaries on Iowa college campuses. READER ADVISORY: Derogatory language in this report may be viewed as offensive.
The IowaWatch Connection radio program collected seven awards, including three for first place, for large market radio reporting at the 2016 Iowa Broadcast News Association convention in Waterloo, Iowa, on
Panelists have been confirmed for the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch public forum on Monday, May 2, in Iowa City that examines whether or not limits exist for speech and expression on college campuses. The forum is part of a spring IowaWatch reporting project, “Making Boundaries
According to a Pew Research Center survey, 22 percent of U.S. adults say climate change is due to natural patterns and one-quarter believe there is no solid evidence Earth is getting warmer, despite a large consensus in the scientific community. A recent national survey and an informal state survey
Iowa teachers are split on how to educate students about climate change despite strong scientific evidence supporting the existence of human-caused climate change, an IowaWatch study with the Cedar Falls High School Tiger Hi-Line newspaper shows.
IowaWatch and the Cedar Falls High School Tiger Hi-Line conducted an informal survey of Iowa teachers and students to examine their perspectives on climate change and how it should be taught in the classroom.
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.
