INA Member update | COVID-19
As our communities continue to work through the impact of COVID-19, the work of journalists becomes even more important. As your Association we hope to provide you with as much support as possible. I will continue to draw to your attention topics that may be helpful or important to you or your business. Senate Passes…
Read MoreSunshine Week: Fighting a virus with truth and transparency
By Ken Paulson, Guest columnist As the scope and threat of the coronavirus pandemic becomes clear, people all over the world hunger for two things: an effective vaccine and truthful information about the disease. The former may be more than a year away, but the latter is critical to stemming the pandemic in the meantime.…
Read MoreTips for INA Members | COVID-19
Journalists shine the brightest during our most difficult times as a nation. Thank you for all that you are doing to communicate with your community, take care of your employees and keep your own family and friends safe. As a business I appreciate that you are all juggling many competing priorities. Please know the Iowa…
Read MoreINA to provide photos from State Wrestling Tournament
The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Newspaper Association are again working together to facilitate a service for Iowa newspapers that are unable to staff the State Wrestling Tournament with a photographer. The Iowa Newspaper Association will provide a pool of volunteers to take pictures. Revenue collected from participating newspapers will go to…
Read MoreBallot instructions generate confusion
Susan Patterson PlankExecutive Director, Iowa Newspaper Association During the Iowa Legislative session in 2017, then Governor Terry Branstad signed House File 566 into law a bill requiring joint school and city elections. According to the Secretary of State’s Office the last four school elections, the voter turnout average was 6.5% and the average voter turnout…
Read MoreHelp Promote Business Horizons Summer Media Camp
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 The Iowa Newspaper Association has provided new ads for newspapers to run in their publications. The ads promote Business Horizons Summer Media Camp. The Iowa Newspaper Foundation, in partnership with the Iowa Association of Business and Industry, is in its eighth year of offering an in-depth media experience for Iowa high…
Read MoreA judge should not prohibit publishing facts
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 A judge should not prohibit publishing facts By Randy Evans Executive Director Iowa Freedom of Information Council On the morning of Aug. 31, shortly after 8:30, a 12-year-old boy pulled out a gun in his seventh-grade classroom in Eldridge, a community just north of Davenport. In an instant, he directed his classmates to…
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