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Parkland One Year Later: Every School-Aged Youth Killed In Shootings Since, Iowa Included

Links that take you to reporting by The Trace, Miami Herald and McClatchy newspapers, and The Conversation.

By Reporters in a project produced by The Trace, Miami Herald and McClatchy Newspapers

/ 13 Feb 2019

Parkland One Year Later: Every School-Aged Youth Killed In Shootings Since, Iowa Included

Journalists, Students Interested In Environmental Communications: Register For Iowa Summit

An opportunity exists on March 5 for journalists and students interested in environmental communication to network, explore issues with researchers, promote environmental journalism and strengthen the capacity for regional environmental

By IowaWatch

/ 24 Jan 2019

Journalists, Students Interested In Environmental Communications: Register For Iowa Summit

Years later, little action on recommendations for Iowa’s pesticide inspections

Problems the Iowa State Auditor’s office identified in a 2012 audit and subsequent reports and recommendations for investigating Iowa’s pesticide use violations still linger years later.

By Lauren Wade/Iowa Watch

/ 23 Jan 2019

Years later, little action on recommendations for Iowa’s pesticide inspections

Evans: A Judge Should Not Prohibit Publishing Facts

On the morning of Aug. 31, shortly after 8:30, a 12-year-old boy pulled out a gun in his seventh-grade classroom in Eldridge, a community just north

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 1 Jan 2019

Evans: A Judge Should Not Prohibit Publishing Facts

Your #GivingTuesday Donation Today Becomes A Doubled #GivingNewsDay NewsMatch Gift

IowaWatch was selected for the third year to participate in the national NewsMatch fund drive to support nonprofit journalism. This is the nation’s largest fund drive to support the

By IowaWatch

/ 27 Nov 2018

Your #GivingTuesday Donation Today Becomes A Doubled #GivingNewsDay NewsMatch Gift

Opinion: Has White House farm policy soured producers?

With the mid-term elections less than a week away we ask are these pragmatic farmers optimistic about the direction of all things ag over the past year.

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 30 Oct 2018

Which IowaWatch Story Made The Biggest Impact in 2018?

We seek your feedback. Tell us which 2018 IowaWatch story has been the most impactful.

By Bailey Doyle, Lauren Wade and NewMatch

/ 23 Oct 2018

Which IowaWatch Story Made The Biggest Impact in 2018?

IowaWatch Bringing Documentary About Secret Campaign Financing To Iowa City's Filmscene Nov. 4

IowaWatch, the nonprofit news organization that is part of The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, is teaming up with the nonprofit Iowa City movie theater, Filmscene, to show the documentary film “Dark Money” on Sunday, Nov. 4.

By IowaWatch

/ 18 Oct 2018

IowaWatch Bringing Documentary About Secret Campaign Financing To Iowa City's Filmscene Nov. 4

View "Ethical Perspectives On The News" Program On News Media Role

The weekly public affairs program, Ethical Perspectives on the News, dug into how the news media function in American society, particularly in this era when reporters are under heavy criticism for the work they do, and how they do it.

By IowaWatch

/ 8 Oct 2018

View "Ethical Perspectives On The News" Program On News Media Role

Iowa Taking Next Steps For Wind Power Storage

As one of the nation’s leading producers of wind energy, Iowa has abundant — but also sporadic — energy resources. State officials see huge potential for batteries to help make the most of its wind and solar generation, and they hope to test it with a new grant-funded project.

By Karen Uhlenhuth/Midwest Energy News

/ 4 Oct 2018

Iowa Taking Next Steps For Wind Power Storage

As Intolerance Grows, Targeted Religious Groups Join Forces

“If you attack one of us, you attack all of us.” Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the New York-based Union for Reform Judaism, wasn’t just speaking for Jewish people.

By Allie Bice, Abby Bitterman and Ashley Mackey/News21

/ 11 Sep 2018

As Intolerance Grows, Targeted Religious Groups Join Forces

Local Candidates Forum Sept. 10 In Coralville; IowaWatch To Moderate

The eight candidates for four contested Johnson County, Iowa, seats in the Iowa General Assembly have been invited to participate in a candidates forum on Monday, Sept. 10, at 2 pm at the Coralville Public Library. Lyle Muller, of IowaWatch, will moderate the forum, which will be sponsored by the Jo

By IowaWatch

/ 8 Sep 2018

Local Candidates Forum Sept. 10 In Coralville; IowaWatch To Moderate