Seldom has so much attention focused on how journalists gather and report news. But news consumers in the 2010s want to know whether or not what they read or hear in the news is true and, in doing so, want to know why investigative reporters pursue stories.
An IowaWatch report told how the Iowans drinking water from private wells may not know what is in their water because their wells’ water quality is unregulated. Yet, some well owners were not concerned about it. Iowans tell how they cope in this IowaWatch Connection podcast.
Iowa is facing a teacher shortage. This IowaWatch Connection report explores in a podcast why that is, and how schools and universities are dealing with the challenge.
He exposed corruption and helped his newspaper win a Pulitzer Prize in the 1930s. But how one-time Cedar Rapids Gazette Editor Verne Marshall did it was anything but ordinary. Listen to the IowaWatch Connection podcast.
After practicing radio and television journalism in Iowa for parts of seven decades, Dean Borg is retiring as host of Iowa Public Television's "Iowa Press" program. He talks about that and his career in this IowaWatch Connection report.
Many Iowans may not know what is in their water because their wells’ water quality is unregulated. Moreover, many well owners IowaWatch spoke with during an investigation this past year in counties across southwest Iowa said they largely were unconcerned about their wells, even though tests revealed
Voters in battleground state revealed mixed feelings about whether or not they’ve heard Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talk about issues about which those Iowans care.
Some homeless veterans in Iowa and parts of northwest Illinois are missing out on shelter, food, health care and counseling services because they do not know about the services or simply choose not to use them. Homeless veterans help tell the story in this podcast.
