Iowa Newspaper Association & Foundation

06/22/2025

Today is Positive Media Day!

How you can celebrate Positive Media Day:
*Share good news! Share news stories or media that leave people happy, moved and or inspired.
*Good vibes only! Make your content as positive as possible.

Positive Media Day is the day to be inspired and uplifted throughout your news feeds and mainstream media. There is too much good happening and not enough recognition for that good.

06/20/2025

HAPPY WORLD PRODUCTIVITY DAY!

Let today be a day to raise awareness about the importance of productivity and to encourage individuals and organizations, just like our journalists and newspapers, to find ways to work smarter and achieve more. Let us celebrate and acknowledge all of our journalists' and newspapers' achievements, boost their motivations and continue with encouragement.

We are so proud!

06/18/2025

The INF is partnering with the A-Mark Foundation to present the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Reporting with $15,000 in prize money.

The A-Mark Foundation is a nonpartisan nonprofit founded in 1997. A-Mark is dedicated to supporting and encouraging journalism and investigative reporting through grants to organizations that offer awards recognizing journalistic excellence. One of A-Mark's flagship initiatives is the A-Mark Prizes program, which recognizes and rewards the best investigative journalism in each state.

The A-Mark Prize will be awarded in February 2026, as part of the INF's annual awards.

To learn more, go to our website at www.inanews.com

06/09/2025

Please welcome award-winning high school journalist Levi Foster, who joins the INA team as our first-ever intern!

Levi will create content highlighting some of the state’s top high school journalism programs and cover the expansion of journalism among younger generations.

Levi has served on The Talon, Ankeny High School’s news team, as a reporter before being quickly promoted to several editorial roles. He helped the Ankeny journalism program win over 60 awards at the Iowa High School Press Association Spring Journalism Contest, while taking home seven personal awards, including honorable mentions in the Photographer of the Year award and Opinion Writer of the Year award. Levi is also an IHSPA Scholar and a member of the international Quill and Scroll Honor Society.

Levi got into journalism as a junior in high school to get over his social anxiety, but gradually fell in love with storytelling through words and photographs. He plans on attending Iowa State University in the fall to double major in Journalism and Mass Communications and Sports Media and Communications.

06/03/2025

Dory Holms, a graduate of Johnston High School, is one of nine INF scholarship recipients this year. INA member Emily Wood served as the proud presenter. Congratulations and best wishes to all the 2025 scholarship winners!
https://inanews.com/learn/scholarships/

05/12/2025

INA members, here's relevant training coming up soon in June and it's FREE to you!

05/05/2025

Hats off to Sam Wagner of Iowa Information Media Group for completing the 2024 America's Newspapers Foundation Executive Development Program! Sam, an INA Services Company board member and Mores Media graduate, joins emerging newspaper leaders from across the country in this accomplishment.

05/02/2025

May 3 marks World Press Freedom Day—a reminder for governments to uphold their commitment to press freedom and an opportunity for media professionals to reflect on the critical issues of freedom and ethics in journalism. It’s also a day to stand in solidarity with media organizations under threat and to remember the journalists who have lost their lives in the pursuit of truth.

The Iowa Newspaper Foundation invites you to make a difference by donating to directly support vital programs that strengthen Iowa newspapers and keep our communities informed.

https://inanews.com/ways-to-give/individual-giving/

05/01/2025

Congratulations to these nine Iowa students who have been selected as recipients of Iowa Newspaper Foundation scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year -

Carter Pitts/Le Mars Daily Sentinel Scholarship: Danny Nguyen, a 2025 Ankeny High School graduate.

Carter Pitts Scholarship Endowment Award: Levi Foster, a 2025 Ankeny High School graduate.

Iowa Journalism Institute Scholarship: Brooklyn Kilgard, currently attending Iowa State University.

David W. Belin Scholarship: Sonja Woerner, a 2025 Kennedy High School graduate.

Iowa Newspaper Foundation Scholarships: Dory Holms, a 2025 Johnston High School graduate., and McKenzie Morrison, a 2025 Bettendorf High School graduate.

Fred W. Woodward Scholarship: Sarah Diekevers, 2025 graduate from MOC-Floyd Valley.

Morlan Scholarship: Leo Sells, currently attending the University of Iowa.

Jack Hovelson Scholarship: Estelle Johnson, currently attending the University of Northern Iowa.

The future is bright!

04/10/2025

Journalism students at the University of Iowa gain practical experience as The Daily Iowan purchases the Solon Economist and the Mount Vernon Lisbon Sun. A win-win.

Watch the Iowa Life segment from Iowa PBS:

Journalism students at the University of Iowa gain practical experience as The Daily Iowan purchases the Solon Economist and the Mount Vernon Lisbon Sun.

04/08/2025

From editorial to sales, these are the metrics that you should be and should not be using when it comes to measuring the effectiveness of content, newsletters, social media and branded content. Register now for this week's webinar. As always, this training is free for INA members. 😊

Register for this week's webinar, "The Metrics You Need to Be Measuring", presented by David Arkin of David Arkin Consulting.

From editorial to sales, these metrics that you should be and should not be using when it comes to measuring the effectiveness of content, newsletters, social media and branded content. Don't miss this opportunity with David Arkin from David Arkin Consulting as we go through what matters most these days in online metrics.

To register for this upcoming for THIS THURSDAY, go to our website at www.onlinemediacampus.com.

*contact your association to find out how you can register for FREE!*

03/17/2025

Find the 2025 Sunshine Week toolkit and more here: https://sunshineweek.org/