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NewsMatch Raises $7.6 Million For Nonprofit News Organizations In 2018

By NewsMatch/IowaWatch | February 12, 2019

NewsMatch raised $7.6 million nationally from individual donors and a coalition of major funders for nonprofit news organizations, including IowaWatch, in two months at the end of 2018.

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A Call For Supporting Democracy And IowaWatch

By Forrest Meyer, for IowaWatch | December 11, 2018

Citizens in possession of good information is the only way a system of free people governing themselves can work. We call such a system democracy.

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IowaWatch Among More Than 150 Nonprofit Newsrooms In Third Year Of NewsMatch, National Initiative To Donate To Journalism

By NewsMatch/IowaWatch | September 12, 2018

IowaWatch, run by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, is one of more than 150 nonprofit newsrooms across the country selected to participate in this year’s NewsMatch for a third straight year. The national call-to-action will launch on Nov. 1, 2018.

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Thank You: IowaWatch Fund Drive Draws $19,000 Matching Grant

By IowaWatch | January 26, 2018

Thanks to 179 generous donors The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism – Iowa Watch was able to raise $21,214 during its end-of-year News Match fund drive. Of that total, $19,021 was matched by the Fund for Nonprofit News at The Miami Foundation. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Democracy Fund, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation provided funds for the News Match drive for Institute for Nonprofit News members. IowaWatch is a member of the Institute for Nonprofit News, a consortium of nonprofit news organizations in the United States that, for this drive, provided fund-raising training and support. [Ed note: This paragraph was updated March 13, 2018, to reflect IowaWatch’s receipt of the News Match funds.]

The grant will be used to fund news reporting.

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Your IowaWatch Donation Will Be Doubled

By IowaWatch | November 28, 2017

#GivingNewsDay tax-deductible donation supports investigative journalism and training for new journalists in Iowa.

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News Match To Raise Money For Iowa Center For Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch On #GivingNewsDay

By IowaWatch and News Match | November 21, 2017

Every year, millions of Americans mark the Tuesday after Thanksgiving by donating to nonprofit and philanthropic causes as part of Giving Tuesday. Learn more here.

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Reva And David Logan Foundation Awards IowaWatch Grant

By IowaWatch | June 7, 2017

The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch has received a $25,000 grant from the Reva and David Logan Foundation for general operating expenses. This marks the first time the Iowa City-based non-profit, non-partisan news center has received a grant from the Chicago-based foundation.

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IowaWatch Gains Two Major Grants, Matching Funds Needed With One

By IowaWatch | February 16, 2016

The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism—IowaWatch has received two major grants for operating expenses in 2016: $75,000 from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and $10,000 from The Gazette Co.

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IowaWatch Receives Two Major Grants Worth $85,000

By IowaWatch | February 17, 2015

The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, The Gazette and KCRG-TV9 show continued support for IowaWatch effort.

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News21 Investigation Finds A Nation Ill-Prepared To Deal With War Vets

By News21 staff reporters | August 25, 2013

Veterans who survived Taliban and al Qaida attacks, roadside bombs, mortar fire and the deaths of fellow soldiers told reporters from the News21 project they have returned home to a future threatened by poverty, unemployment, homelessness and suicide.

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Investigative Reporting in Iowa

Census takers in Iowa sound the alarm about technology, training deficiencies

Iowa's census workers say they fear their count won't be accurate because of poor training, technology problems and other concerns during a troublesome 2020.

Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)

Worst dicamba damage in decades

Damage the herbicide dicamba has done to soybeans and trees is the worst seen since the controversial weed killer hit the market in the 1960s.

Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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