In our work, we champion diverse voices. We celebrate America's rich cultural diversity and tell stories that both highlight and challenge our sense of who we are as Iowans. This is reflected in the shows we air, the stories we tell and the sources we use for those stories, the music we play, the people we interview, and the board and staff who make up IPR.
Iowa Public Radio supports and embraces a diverse full-time, part-time and student staff, comprised of individuals of varied age, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, state and national origin, rural and urban origin, veteran status, political views, education, and socioeconomic condition.
Our DEI Plan
Iowa Public Radio established a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion plan, which includes strategies for:
- increasing the ethnic and racial diversity of staff
- providing pathways to professional growth at IPR
- developing DEI leadership in management, board and staff
- better understanding audience needs
- increasing diversity of voices on our air and online
Progress Reports
View the progress in our diversity efforts in the annual EEO public file reports or the annual diversity reports
EEO Reports
- 2023: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2022: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2021: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2020: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2019: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2018: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2017: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2016: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2015: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2014: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2013: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2012: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
- 2011: WOI | WSUI/KSUI | KUNI/KHKE
Diversity Reports
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Several winners talked to IPR News Western Iowa Reporter Sheila Brummer after the votes were counted.
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The Sounds of West 7th Festival focuses on the community’s deep diversity.
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The Harkin Institute was founded in 2013 by Sen. Tom Harkin. Its disability-friendly headquarters lie on the Drake University campus.