A Message From Your INF President

Carl Vieregger, Associate Professor of ManagementDrake University In 2025, the Iowa Newspaper Foundation focused on deepening relationships, expanding into new spaces, and strengthening the pipeline of future journalists and newspaper leaders. Through increased engagement on high school and college campuses, innovative new programs, and continued investment in signature professional development initiatives, INF advanced its mission…

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A Message from your INA Services President

Matt Bryant, Washington Southeast Iowa Union CNA meets 2025 sales goal, sells over $3 million into Iowa newspapers The mission of the INA Services Company is to advance the economic well-being of Iowa newspaper enterprises primarily through research, promotion, and advertising sales. INA Services Company does business under the branded name Customized Newspaper Advertising, CNA.…

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Enter ISWNE’s 66th Annual Golden Quill Award Contest

The International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISWNE) is accepting entries for its annual Golden Quill editorial writing contest. Deadline is Feb. 2, 2026. Entries should reflect the purpose of the ISWNE: Encouraging the writing of editorials or staff-written opinion pieces that identify local issues that are or should be of concern to the community,…

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Hidden treasures at the State Historical Society of Iowa

Researchers know that newspapers are the first draft of history. One of the hidden treasures at the State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) is a magnificent collection of Iowa newspapers, guarded for more than a century and a half. This collection is now threatened by state officials. In 2023, State government was realigned, and control…

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