Journalism & Media

Staff cuts, the closure of regional printing presses and cuts to printed editions characterize Lee Enterprises as it tries to expand its digital subscriber base while keeping existing print customers and advertisers on board.

Nick Offerman is coming to Des Moines Oct. 14 to talk about his new book aimed at children, “Little Woodchucks: Offerman’s Guide to Tools and Tomfoolery.”

The editor and co-owner of the Storm Lake Times Pilot discusses his new book, Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest: Notes from the Edge of the World.

Scott Detrow, host of All Things Considered on NPR, discusses the effects of federal funding cuts to public media. Then, we revisit a conversation with Green Beret John Paluska.

We hear what's behind this decision from the historical society and from the group that is protesting the closure. Then, a conversation with Emili Johnson, founder of the Black. Girl. Iowa. podcast.

When he's not acting in films and television, Marshalltown native Toby Huss is using his camera. Also in this episode, a conversation with the new executive editor of The Des Moines Register.

Starting this October, Iowa's public radio and television stations will operate without the federal support they've had for decades.

The TRACERS mission sends satellites into Earth's orbit to study how the Earth and the sun's magnetic fields interact. Then, a conversation with a legal historian about threats to the First Amendment.

KCCK is Iowa's only jazz-formatted radio station, but it's influence goes beyond the airwaves.

When someone suggested the book The Lifespan of a Fact be adapted for the stage, authors John D'Agata and Jim Fingal thought it was a silly idea. In 2018, it made its Broadway debut.