Clay Masters
Host: Morning EditionClay Masters is Iowa Public Radio’s Morning Editionhost and lead political reporter. He was part of a team of member station political reporters who covered the 2016 presidential race for NPR. He also covers environmental issues.
Clay joined the Iowa Public Radio newsroom as a statehouse correspondent in 2012 and started hosting
Morning Edition in 2014. Clay is an award-winning multi-media journalist whose radio stories have been heard on various NPR and American Public Media programs.
He was one of the founding reporters of Harvest Public Media, the regional journalism consortium covering agriculture and food production in the Midwest. He was based in Lincoln, Nebraska where he worked for Nebraska’s statewide public radio and television network.
He’s also an occasional music contributor to NPR’s arts desk.
Clay’s favorite NPR program is All Things Considered.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden addressed Iowa Democrats for the first time since finishing fourth in Iowa's caucuses in February. -
After disastrous Democratic caucuses earlier this year, both Republicans and Democrats are giving the state a lot of attention and money in the run-up to November.
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Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst weighed in on a bill that passed in the GOP-led Iowa state Senate that would prevent Iowa’s secretary of state from…
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The 2020 Iowa State Fair is canceled due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. The Iowa State Fair Board in an 11 to 2 vote with anonymous paper…
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Nebraska Beef Plant Boosted Coronavirus Cases In An Iowa County, But Neither State Would Disclose ItHealth officials in Woodbury County struggled for weeks with what to do about a Tyson meatpacking plant in Nebraska that contributed to a rise in COVID-19…
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State Government NewsThe Iowa Legislature picked things back up on Wednesday last week after leaders put the session on hold in mid-March because of the COVID-19…
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As Iowa opens up, health experts say there are three legs to managing this virus: testing, tracing and isolation. Experts say it’s not enough to test, and…
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State Government NewsThe Iowa Legislature restarted its session this week after legislative leaders put it on hold in mid-March because of the coronavirus. The session also…
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State Government NewsIowa lawmakers return Wednesday for the 2020 legislative session. Legislative leaders suspended the session numerous times to help slow the spread of…
