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
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Diversity Reports
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Two Iowa authors found a copycat of their 2019 book and believe artificial intelligence is behind the blatant plagiarism.
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On this Talk of Iowa, writer Keith Lesmeister discusses his new chapbook, Mississippi River Museum, and the Rescuing Our Roots project encourages Iowans to learn more about history and records through cemeteries.
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Isaac Campbell, from Ottumwa, has erected historic photographs around Iowa towns and beyond using a method that requires only water, flour and sugar.