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Learn About IowaWatch In Less than One Minute
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IowaWatch is part of the national NewsMatch 2018 fund drive, which doubles your donation to our nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) charity. Learn more in this 53-second-long video.
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Call For 2018 Science In The Media Fellows
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IowaWatch and the Science in the Media project seek six journalism fellows who have story ideas they’d like to pursue while being paid. We will help these fellows produce in-depth, science-related investigative journalism projects that can be published or broadcast by multiple news organizations in Iowa and the Midwest.
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2018 Science In The Media Fellowships Q & A Page
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You have questions about the IowaWatch Science in the Media Fellowships. Here are some quick answers.
Q: When should we have to apply? A: Immediately. Grants are available until the money is gone. We have to spend the grant money by Feb.
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Iowa College Students Tell You How They Learn Stuff While Not Buying Textbooks
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Plenty of college students avoid spending a lot on textbooks that can cost from around $20 for a book on writing grant proposals to $400 for a physics book, a spring IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project revealed. They talk about it in this podcast.
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The Dash For Cash: The Cost of Written Words
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In today’s college world, two things terrify students: failing a class and textbook prices. This podcast digs into those textbook prices.
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Video Feature: College Students, Faculty, Staff And Their Concerns About College Textbook Costs
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Here, in their own words, are students and faculty Loras College, William Penn University, Simpson College and the University of Northern Iowa, who are concerned about college textbook costs.
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High Textbook Costs Are Sending College Students Looking Elsewhere During Studies
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Dylan Miller spent $495 on college textbooks at the University of Northern Iowa – $167.50 for a linear algebra textbook – in the spring semester just ending, yet said he might have used the books, perhaps, once a month. The internet? Used it close to two hours each day, he said, raising the issue of why he still buys textbooks. “That’s a great question,” Miller, 20, a sophomore this spring semester from Homestead, Iowa, and studying for a major in actuarial science, said. “I will not be buying textbooks next semester.”
A lot of college students are avoiding textbooks costs that generally can range from around $20 for a book on writing grant proposals to $400 for a physics book, a spring IowaWatch/College Media Journalism Project revealed.
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Thank You: IowaWatch Fund Drive Draws $19,000 Matching Grant
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Thanks to 179 generous donors The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism – Iowa Watch was able to raise $21,214 during its end-of-year News Match fund drive. Of that total, $19,021 was matched by the Fund for Nonprofit News at The Miami Foundation. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Democracy Fund, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation provided funds for the News Match drive for Institute for Nonprofit News members. IowaWatch is a member of the Institute for Nonprofit News, a consortium of nonprofit news organizations in the United States that, for this drive, provided fund-raising training and support. [Ed note: This paragraph was updated March 13, 2018, to reflect IowaWatch’s receipt of the News Match funds.]
The grant will be used to fund news reporting.
Iowa’s College-Based Newspapers Adapt To Digital Readers
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Student-run college newspapers in Iowa are feeling newspaper industry trend repercussions, reporting fewer print readers but increased online readership as young readers increasingly get their news from digital sources.
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Video: Learn About IowaWatch
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Support IowaWatch in the Knight News Match program. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will match each $1 you donate through Jan. 19, up to $1,000. Get to know the people who have produced in-depth reports and built the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch since its launch in February 2010. https://youtu.be/3kEK9Y6k-28
Video by IowaWatch public affairs intern Rosemary Adams.