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

By IowaWatch | January 24, 2019

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 reporting in Iowa and the Midwest. The day-long “The Climate of Environmental Journalism: A Regional Summit” is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Drake Community Library in Grinnell. IowaWatch is a summit cosponsor with the University of Iowa Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Grinnell College’s Center for Prairie Studies. IowaWatch is focusing on public health issues in 2019. Participation in the summit is available free of charge but registration is required by Feb.

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Mental Health Issues Growing Among Iowa High School Students

By Fenna Semken, Clare Rolinger, Sophia Schillinger, Mina Takahashi, Taylor Shelfo and Stephen J. Berry | May 26, 2017

Facing intense academic demands and ever-present peer comparisons through social media, an increasing number of Iowa high school students grapple with mental health issues and enduring problems previous generations seldom confronted, an IowaWatch High School Journalism Project has found.

sex assault prevention

Effectiveness Of Sexual Assault Prevention Education For High School Students Questioned

By Fenna Semken | April 13, 2017

Attempts to educate students about sexual assault in a high school setting sometimes lack effectiveness, IowaWatch interviews with teachers, administrators and high school students from 18 Iowa school districts revealed. The result is students who said they didn’t know what sexual assault consisted of, how to prevent it and how to get help after an assault took place.

Antarctica

News Quiz: Perspectives on Climate Change

By IowaWatch | April 22, 2016

According to a Pew Research Center survey, 22 percent of U.S. adults say climate change is due to natural patterns and one-quarter believe there is no solid evidence Earth is getting warmer, despite a large consensus in the scientific community. A recent national survey and an informal state survey conducted by IowaWatch, working with the Cedar Falls High School Tiger Hi-Line, show this conflict also plays out in the classroom. Check your knowledge of recent research on climate change and how climate change is taught.

climate change education

IowaWatch & Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line Survey: Climate Change In The Classroom

By IowaWatch | April 22, 2016

IowaWatch and the Cedar Falls High School Tiger Hi-Line conducted an informal survey of Iowa teachers and students to examine their perspectives on climate change and how it should be taught in the classroom.

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Investigative Reporting in Iowa

Iowa insurance pool board lands in up-scale, out-of-state spots for meetings

The Iowa Communities Assurance Pool board of directors has made a habit of going to high-grade, out-of-state resorts for meetings,  the Associated Press reports. This link takes you to the wire service's web report.

Source: Associated Press

Trump resort stay in Scotland by Iowa National Guard under investigation

Congress has included a September 2018 stay by about 40 Iowa National Guard members at Donald Trump's Turnberry resort in its investigation of whether or not Trump benefited from sending troops to the resort overnight during a refueling stop.

Source: Des Moines Register

State collective bargaining law affecting U of I Hospitals and Clinics nursing shifts, extra pay

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is having difficulty getting nurses to work beyond their normal work schedules and assignments because the hospital delays payment for that work. The 2017 state law stripping public employee collective bargaining rights is getting a lot of the blame.

Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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