Eliza Billingham
Eastern Iowa ReporterExpertise: Behavioral health, housing, development, religion and soccer.
Education: Master of Science in Journalism from Boston University; Bachelor of Arts in Theology and Ancient Languages from Wheaton College.
Favorite Iowa Destination: Biking the Hoover Nature Trail.
Experience:
- Selected as a 2023 public health fellow with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, where she produced a multimedia package profiling an illegal Christian addiction rehabilitation center outside Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Earned PMJA recognition for interviewing an ER nurse who's advocating for amputees to join the military.
- Honored by the Society of Professional Journalists and AAN Publishers for profile and environmental writing.
- Served as an assistant to reporter Emily Hanford to produce bonus episodes of APM's award-winning podcast Sold A Story.
- Reported on regional rent crises, city council, agriculture and other topics for Spokane Public Radio.
My Latest Stories
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NASA is partnering with the University of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Des Moines Water Works to create a new tool to forecast water quality conditions. The goal is to combine satellite imagery with water quality monitors across the state to predict when nitrate concentrations in surface or ground water will reach dangerous levels. -
Google has been eyeing a site for a potential data center that's currently in unincorporated Linn County but could be annexed into Palo city limits. This week, Palo put a data center ordinance in place, while Linn County opened up talks to circumvent its newly instated moratorium. -
A small city on the Mississippi River will take more time to write zoning rules that could affect plans for one of the largest data centers in the state.
