STEPHEN BERRY FREE PRESS CHAMPIONS
(For current journalist or journalism educator)
2021: Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
2020: No awards due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019: Carol Hunter, Des Moines
IowaWatch honored an outstanding investigative journalist and a former public health spokesperson, both judged to be advocates for open and transparent government, during the Virtual Storytelling Event on Friday, Nov.
When the Iowa Legislature wrote the state’s public records law 50 years ago, lawmakers wanted to guarantee that anyone could obtain copies of state and local government records that
