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The IowaWatch Connection

By IowaWatch Staff | April 29, 2014
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The IowaWatch Connection is a statewide audience engagement program under development by The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch. The program was made possible through a $25,000 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant, awarded through the Investigative News Network.

The program involves developing a weekly, statewide news and public affairs radio program and a series of community forums that reach a broader audience for the stories IowaWatch reports. Jeff Stein, executive director of the Iowa Broadcast News Association and a noted Iowa broadcast historian, hosts and produces the radio program on a network of stations across the state. The program premiered July 5 with the first the 30-minute show appearing on several radio stations. To learn more about the radio program, visit the IowaWatch Connection page

In addition, the grant will allow IowaWatch to host public forums in select cities across Iowa to explore issues that have impact on Iowans. Upcoming forums include a forum in Des Moines and one in Iowa City to air the IowaWatch documentary “Breaking the Cycle: Meth Addiction in the Heartland” followed by a panel of experts to discuss how children are affected by meth addiction in Iowa and what possible solutions could be.

Check back here for updates about the IowaWatch Connection.

Iowa veterans

Iowa Veterans On Whether Or Not They Think Iowans Support Veterans

By Lyle Muller | November 6, 2017

Veterans from different backgrounds answer in this podcast the question: What would you like the response to be when supporting a veteran in Iowa?

Iowa's Opportunity Gap

IowaWatch Connection Report: Closing Iowa’s Opportunity Gap

By Lyle Muller, with Jeff Stein | October 30, 2017

White Iowans made strong gains in high school and college graduation rates, poverty, median family income and home ownership from 1960-2010 but black and Latino achievements in these areas grew far more slowly, or in some cases declined. This IowaWatch Connection radio podcast looks at ways some are trying to level the playing field.

Iowa budget deficit

Iowa’s State Funding Shortfall Gives Governor Candidates A Hot-Button Issue

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein | October 23, 2017

An Oct. 19 Revenue Estimating Conference report showing Iowa’s revenue projections for this fiscal year down $133 million from where they were anticipated primed the state’s gubernatorial campaign with a hot topic: how finances are being managed.

Alzheimer's disease in Iowa

Podcast: Living With The Threat Of Alzheimer’s

By Cindy Hadish and Lyle Muller, with Jeff Stein | October 16, 2017

The growing number of aging Iowans means more are dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. Some 64,000 in the state suffer from this disease at a time when Iowa is tightening its Medicaid system, which pays for long-term nursing home care for Alzheimer’s patients.

railroads

Podcast: Growing Demand For Rail Shipping In Iowa

By Lyle Muller, with Jeff Stein | October 3, 2017

Iowa’s 3,851 miles of track won’t be enough to carry all the freight state Department of Transportation planners think Iowa will handle in the future. Those planners expect demand on Iowa’s railroads for shipping goods to increase 52 percent from 2014 to 2040.

First-generation Americans

First-Gen Americans Walk A Bridge When Explaining Their Roots

By Krista Johnson, Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein | September 25, 2017

They were born in the United States and consider themselves full-blooded Americans. But the fact that their parents immigrated to this country means first-generation Americans often have to explain their ethnicity, and citizenship.

Iowa precinct caucuses

Podcast: Democrats Figuring Fixes For Next Presidential Precinct Caucuses

By Jeff Stein | September 18, 2017

Iowa Democratic Party leaders are trying to fix problems party members saw in the 2016 presidential precinct caucuses, which had their fair share of overloaded rooms, missed opportunities for some registered Democrats to participate fully and coin flips to determine county convention delegate commitments.

economic development

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Cost of Economic Development In Iowa

By Jeff Stein | September 11, 2017

This IowaWatch Connection podcast examines Iowa’s tax breaks for new businesses after a recent deal to bring a new Apple Inc. center to Waukee. Good deal or not?

Iowa Veterans Answer The Question: What Does It Mean To Support Veterans?

By Lyle Muller | August 21, 2017

The question: How can Iowans turn the phrase “support our veterans” into action? The answers: In this IowaWatch Connection podcast.

Podcast

Farmland Ownership In the U.S., And How It Relates To Food Security

By Lyle Muller, with Jeff Stein, Johnathan Hettinger and Brant Houston | July 24, 2017

One important way to ensure food security in the United States is to keep farmland ownership from going into foreign hands. That doesn’t always happen.

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Abortion Debate in Iowa

Branstad Keeps Arm’s Length From Personhood Suggestion In Abortion Debate, For Now

Gov. Terry Branstad said in an IowaWatch interview he can’t commit support to an effort to extend personhood rights to fetuses at this early stage.

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