Michael Leland
News DirectorMichael joined IPR in 2015 and has overseen initiatives such as the establishment of IPR’s western Iowa beat, and fulltime health reporting position. He has also led newsrooms at Wisconsin Public Radio and Michigan Radio. Before getting into management, Michael’s reporting career took him to a variety of places, from Chicago City Hall, to a former coal mine 600 feet under southern Illinois, to an Inuit community in far northern Canada. After nearly 35 years in broadcast journalism, Michael says he’s always learning new things and that this is a very exciting and rewarding time to be in journalism!
Michael is a New Englander who came to the Midwest for graduate school in the mid '80s and decided to call this part of the country home. He has a master’s in Journalism and Mass Communication from Kansas State University. His undergraduate degree is in Communications and Business Administration from Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts.
Contact Michael at mleland@iowapublicradio.org.
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Floodwaters in western Iowa are affecting a big section of I-29 in the southwest part of the state. The road has multiple closures between the Missouri… -
A bill that would have cut the use of state dollars to help acquire public lands ran into a roomful of opposition at the Statehouse Monday. People… -
After being closed by a blizzard for more than 24 hours, the northbound lanes of I-35 between Ames and the Minnesota border reopened at 5pm Monday. The… -
Representatives of Iowa’s lottery, casino, and horse-racing industries were among those making a case to lawmakers to let them handle sports betting in… -
Iowa’s coldest air in more than 20 years moves into the state Tuesday night. The National Weather Service says wind chill values by Wednesday morning will… -
If you don’t mind the cold, tomorrow could be a good day for a hike. More than two dozen Iowa state parks are hosting so-called First Day Hikes New Year's… -
One of Iowa’s 14 Sears stores will close in late March, as part of the company’s latest round of reductions announced Friday. Sears Holdings says the… -
Iowa’s legislative leaders say they’re not expecting to have to make mid-year budget cuts in the legislative session that gets underway in January. But… -
The Iowa secretary of state’s office says voter turnout has been robust so far today, and it’s possible Iowa could top its record of 1.13 million votes… -
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who has accused him of sexually assaulting her in high school, Christine Blasey Ford, are…
