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Four IowaWatch reports have collected awards — two of them for first place — for large market radio reporting during 2019.
June 29, 2020 https://iowawatch.org/2020/06/29/iowawatch-picks-up-four-iowa-broadcast-news-association-awards-for-its-reporting/The IowaWatch Connection radio program collected eight awards for large market radio reporting during 2017 at the annual Iowa Broadcast News Association convention in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, April 21.
April 21, 2018 https://iowawatch.org/2018/04/21/iowawatch-collects-eight-iowa-broadcast-news-association-awards-for-news-excellence/The IowaWatch Connection radio program collected seven awards, including two for first place, for large market radio reporting at the 2017 Iowa Broadcast News Association convention in Johnston, Iowa, on Saturday, April 22.
April 23, 2017 https://iowawatch.org/2017/04/23/80408/The IowaWatch Connection radio program collected seven awards — including first place for political coverage and farm/agribusiness reporting — for large market radio reporting during 2018 at the annual Iowa Broadcast News Association convention in Johnston, Iowa, on Saturday, April 13, 2019.
April 14, 2019 https://iowawatch.org/2019/04/14/iowawatch-wins-top-broadcast-news-awards-for-politics-farm-and-agribusiness-reporting/The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism started its 10th year of operation after hitting its ninth anniversary on February 4, 2019. Here are some fast facts about the center.
February 3, 2019 https://iowawatch.org/2019/02/03/iowawatch-starts-10th-year-on-feb-4-2019/IowaWatch, run by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, is one of more than 150 nonprofit newsrooms across the country selected to participate in this year’s NewsMatch for a third straight year. The national call-to-action will launch on Nov. 1, 2018.
September 12, 2018 https://iowawatch.org/2018/09/12/iowawatch-among-more-than-150-nonprofit-newsrooms-in-third-year-of-newsmatch-national-initiative-to-donate-to-journalism/Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Stephen J. Berry, whose push for journalists to work thoroughly and ethically led him to co-found the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch, will be the annual Celebrating a Free Press and Open Government Banquet’s guest speaker in Des Moines on Thursday, September 27, 2018.
August 16, 2018 https://iowawatch.org/2018/08/16/iowawatch-co-founder-returning-to-iowa-to-headline-sept-27-celebrating-a-free-press-and-open-government-banquet/“Iowa Girl to Take Dictation from Polar Explorer, 3,200 Miles Away,” the Waterloo Courier newspaper headline must have caught the attention of readers, who were hungry for distractions from the typical dreary news stories of the day.
August 4, 2018 https://iowawatch.org/2018/08/04/iowans-aid-in-1934-polar-expedition/The IowaWatch Connection radio report, part of a statewide audience engagement program, premiered July 5-6, 2014, as a 13-week experiment that would spread reporting by IowaWatch.org to a statewide radio audience.
April 30, 2018 https://iowawatch.org/2018/04/30/iowawatch-connection-hits-milestone-200-programs/Jennifer Jacobs, whose journey to White House correspondent began in Iowa, will bring back home tales of covering the Trump presidency when she serves as the annual Celebrating a Free Press and Open Government Banquet’s guest speaker in Des Moines on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017.
August 17, 2017 https://iowawatch.org/2017/08/17/white-house-correspondent-with-iowa-ties-to-headline-annual-banquet-oct-5/