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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Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer of California has big plans for his first day as president.“I will declare a state of emergency on day one,” he said,…
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One Republican joined more than a dozen Democratic presidential candidates in speaking at the Iowa State Fair this weekend. Former Massachusetts Gov.…
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New Jersey U.S. Sen. Corey Booker says this is a moral moment in America.In a speech on the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair…
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U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio says the country needs to move beyond political discussions that focus on left vs. right, and work toward making the United…
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says if climate change can’t be defeated, everything else is moot. Inslee spoke Saturday at the Des Moines Register’s Political…
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Trump on shootings: The president is speaking from the White House about the mass shootings that took place over the weekend in Ohio in Texas. Watch his…
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The House of Representatives is debating a civil contempt resolution against Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn.…
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Many Democratic presidential candidates have offered their reaction to Thursday’s release with redactions of the Mueller report investigating Russian…
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Iowa’s 2nd District Congressman Dave Loebsack says this will be his last term in office. Loebsack, a Democrat, published a statement on his website Friday…
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