Newspaper of the Year
The Iowa Newspaper Association Newspaper of the Year honor is bestowed upon the newspaper that has accumulated the highest point totals from placing first, second or third in all eligible contest categories, among all circulation classes.
Congratulations to the Des Moines Register, the 2015 Newspaper of the Year!
Past winners
2015 Des Moines Register
2014 Des Moines Register
2013 Carroll Daily Times Herald
2012 Des Moines Register
2011 Des Moines Register
2010 Des Moines Register
2009 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
2008 Des Moines Register
2007 Des Moines Register
2006 Des Moines Register
2005 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
2004 Des Moines Register
2003 It’s a tie! Des Moines Register and Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
2002 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
2001 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
2000 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1999 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1998 Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
1997 Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune
1996 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1995 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1994 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1993 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1992 Adel Dallas County News
1991 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1990 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1989 Cedar Rapids Gazette
1988 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1987 Cedar Rapids Gazette
1986 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1985 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1984 Cedar Rapids Gazette
1983 Davenport Quad City Times
1982 Sheldon N’West Iowa Review
1981 Iowa City (U of I) Daily Iowan
1980 Burlington Hawk Eye
1979 Eldridge North Scott Press
1978 Cherokee Daily Times
1977 Cherokee Daily Times
1976 Iowa City (U of I) Daily Iowan
1975 Burlington Hawk Eye
1974 Burlington Hawk Eye
1973 Cresco Times-Plain Dealer
1972 Cresco Times-Plain Dealer
1971 Alton Democrat
1970 Algona Upper Des Moines