Josie Fischels
Digital News ProducerJosie Fischels is a Digital News Producer at Iowa Public Radio. She is a 2022 graduate of the University of Iowa’s school of journalism, where she also majored in theater arts (and, arguably, minored in the student newspaper, The Daily Iowan). Previously, she interned with the Denver Post in Denver, Colorado and at NPR in Washington, D.C.
Josie’s written work has placed in state and national competitions, including the Iowa Newspaper Association and the Hearst Journalism awards. She has also been named a finalist in national competitions, including the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence awards and the Associated Collegiate Press Story of the Year awards.
When she’s not working, you can find Josie learning to roller skate, curating her next killer outfit and seeing just how many recipes she can justify making in her air fryer.
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Test your knowledge of that question and more with this week's quiz, which covers news published between Sept. 25 - 28. -
University of Iowa senior and wrestler Nanea Estrella was getting ready to leave her home in Maui before the start of the 2023-2024 school year when fires began to overtake the western coastal town of Lahaina.
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This quiz covers news published between Sept. 18 - Sept. 22. You can catch up with our liveblog. Good luck!
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Members of the Writers Guild of America have been on strike since the beginning of May, the largest interruption to American film and television production since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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This week's quiz covers news published between Sept. 11 - Sept. 15. Not quite ready yet? You can catch up here.
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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.
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This quiz covers news published between Sept. 5 and Sept. 8. You can catch up here and here.
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This week's quiz covers news published between Aug. 28 and Sept. 1. Missed out on this week's headlines? You can catch up here and here.
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The fashion house seeks to remove the barriers many aspiring designers of color face when it comes to entering the world of fashion. The space doubles as a business incubator, founded by designer Andre Wright, that provides unique, free learning opportunities.
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Minnesota became the 23rd state in the U.S. to allow the growth and possession of recreational marijuana on Aug. 1. Meanwhile, some Iowans have turned to consumable hemp to get their high.
