Catherine Wheeler
Host: All Things ConsideredCatherine Wheeler is Iowa Public Radio's All Things Considered host and a reporter.
Before joining IPR, Catherine was a reporter for Wyoming Public Radio, covering northeast Wyoming, education, and statewide politics. She has won a regional Edward R. Murrow for sports reporting and a Public Media Journalists Association award for short documentary.
Catherine has a bachelor's degree in English from Fort Lewis College and a master's in journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
You can contact Catherine at cwheeler@iowapublicradio.org.
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There aren’t any definite numbers on how many LGBTQ farmers there are in this country, but some are making a point to be visible in their communities. -
All Things Considered host Catherine Wheeler talked to IPR’s lead political reporter Clay Masters about what to expect who is in Washington to cover the meetings.
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The Drake University Board of Trustees has approved a proposal to discontinue the university’s applied behavior analysis master’s program. The program trains students to become board certified behavior analysts, who provide services to children and adults with autism.
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Iowa has consistently come up short in providing services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. And while the state has made attempts to get more providers, one of the only education training programs for some of these services could be discontinued.
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Inclusive ICR, a coalition in the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids corridor, is offering a new, free tool for area businesses to get assessments on diversity and inclusion efforts.
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The organization is focused on music education and performance for girls, transgender and nonbinary youth in Iowa.
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Iowa’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, says it’s had a 20 percent increase in those applying for assistance with this winter’s heating bills.
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Many people across Iowa are looking for solutions to the state’s workforce shortage. But what do some of the state’s unemployed have to say?
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Iowa Workforce Development has a new program that it hopes will find unemployed Iowans jobs quicker.
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More collaboration and technology will be needed to solve the state’s affordable housing crisis. That’s the premise of a project from Iowa State University that’s looking for solutions through 3D printing materials to build houses.
