Make Your Vote Count by Making a Plan to Vote Today By Rita Hart, Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party The State of Iowa and our county auditors have a reputation for always holding a professionally conducted election process and I have every confidence that this year’s midterm election will be conducted as honestly, fairly, […]
Striking the Balance: Local Freedom and Statewide Protections By: Brooke Boden, Iowa House Representative, District 21 As Chair of the Local Government Committee in the Iowa House, I am often asked: Where should decision-making power reside? I believe the answer lies in the principled balance that local entities should lead on local operational needs, but […]
The Iowa Newspaper Foundation has joined the Mississippi Press Foundation and Arkansas Newspaper Foundation to form the Great River Local News Coalition, a new partnership to identify funding opportunities and develop initiatives that expand resources and strengthen local news across all three states. For Iowa, the coalition arrives at a critical moment. As a growing […]
Protecting Iowa Public Schools and Tax Dollars By: Rob Sand, Iowa State Auditor As State Auditor, I’ve been sounding the alarm on the unaccountable private school voucher program for years. Politicians who like to lie say it’s because I’m against private schools. That’s not true at all. What I am against is waste, fraud, and […]
Eight young professionals are gaining valuable, real-world experience this year through the Iowa Newspaper Foundation’s Internship Matching Funds Program—while making meaningful contributions to the newspapers and communities they serve. Through the program, the INF provides $1,000 in matching funds to participating INA member newspapers to help support paid internships of at least 240 hours. Host […]
The future of local journalism starts by giving young storytellers opportunities to learn, grow and discover what’s possible. This summer, the INF sponsored six Iowa high school students to attend Media Now, one of the nation’s premier journalism camps, held at Drake University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Des Moines. For four days, […]
We’re happy to welcome you to our new digital home!
The Iowa Newspaper Association recognizes the importance of having an accessible, comprehensive and up-to-date digital platform, and so we made it our mission to update our site to make it more helpful for our membership and site visitors.
We invite you to discover the new and expanded features and functionality of the site, and please contact us with any suggestions.
As always, we strive to provide a useful service to our members and help expand our goal of supporting a free press and media entities across the state of Iowa.
