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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Conversations On Community Journalism
Conversations on Community Journalism – Part 1 https://www.westerniowajournalismfoundation.com/ “Between 2004 and 2019, a total of 2,100 papers across the country – all but 70 of which were weeklies – shut down. This substantial loss of community newspapers left almost half … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Cullen, Doug Burns, Kyle Munson, Lorena Lopez, Western Iowa Journalism Foundation
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Iowa Women’s March Events
Here is a list of Iowa Women’s March events this weekend. For more information or to RSVP go to Women’s March To find out if there is an event near you go to Women’s March and enter your zip code. … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Women's March, Reproductive Rights, women's rights
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Senator Zach Wahls Warns Of Possible Republican Gerrymandering
Just my impression after watching this video, but does Senator Wahls know something we don’t know? “There is no legitimate reason for legislative Republicans to reject this first map. If Republicans vote down the first map that is a clear … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Democrats, Iowa gerrymandering, Iowa redistricting, Iowa Republicans
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Plenty of Ineptitude To Go Around
Randy Evans’ article published yesterday in The Des Moines Register and elsewhere had a fun but misleading title. Neither Party is Immune to Ineptitude oddly equates Democrats’ poor messaging (no one disagrees, super-frustrating!) with Republican corruption and lying. Sadly, most … Continue reading
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Tagged both sides, fake news, Iowa media, Iowa Press, right wing media bias
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Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks With Al Franken
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Tagged mark elias, voting rights
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Budget Reconciliation Bill A Boon For Rural Communities
In a recent poll we commissioned, 68% of rural voters believe that when politicians say they want to help rural areas they’re just pandering with a nice message. I get it. Politicians talk the talk, but many times they don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden budget plan, child care subsidies, Democratic family leave policy, Democrats and rural voters, JD Scholten, Rural voters and universal Pre-K
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Watch: Iowa’s Covid Fail Top Ten List
Dr. Caitlin Pedati resigned suddenly without comment last Wednesday. Of note, it turns out Pedati is not an epidemiologist by training, only by title after being hired by the Reynolds administration as Iowa’s medical director. According to Belin, Pedati is … Continue reading
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Tagged #COVIDKim, Caitlin Pedati resigns, Iowa covid fail, Laura Belin, Podcast by George
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Is Iowa North Carolina?
Dave Bradley has the weekend off.
Iowans Want Fair Maps
Dave Bradley has the weekend off. State Senator Janet Petersen of Des Moines drew attention to the overwhelming majority of citizen comments urging the legislature to respect Iowa’s best-in-the-nation, nonpartisan process for drawing fair federal and state districts. Follow the … Continue reading
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Tagged Fair redistricting maps, Iowa redistricting, Iowa Senate Democrats
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IDP Chair Ross Wilburn: Attacks By Republicans Are Outrageous And Desperate
We need to have the Iowa Democrats’ backs. They are doing their best at messaging and counter-attacking the Republicans in their Facebook Live Media Availability Zoom meetings but the press just wants to talk about “what the Republicans say.” This … Continue reading
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Tagged IDP, Iowa Democrats, Iowa Press, Kim Reynolds
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