Iowa Newspaper Association & Foundation

26/09/2025

INTERNSHIP IMPACT: Maureen McDermott

“This past summer, I interned at the The Spencer Daily Reporter. I had a great experience at the Daily Reporter. Throughout my time working there this summer, I learned a great deal about the newspaper business, how to write for a newspaper, and the Spencer community through various writing topics. I saw the internship opportunity in the Spencer Daily Reporter over winter break and thought that it would be a good experience for me to work on my writing skills. Going into the internship, I had no idea how much I would learn and how much I would be able to improve my writing and communication skills.”

“After my experience this summer, the newspaper and media business is a career path I am a lot more interested in exploring post-grad.”

This summer position was made possible in part by The Iowa Newspaper Foundation's paid internship program, one of its core initiatives to help young people experience real-world media.

17/09/2025

Tomorrow is the deadline to register for our Woodward Writing Workshop. We have a great program lined up.

This year’s coaches are Emily Hawk with the Cedar Rapids Gazette, Allie Hinga with the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Kyle Ocker with the Ottumwa Courier, Lyle Muller with Grinnell College, and Emily Wood with the Des Moines Business Publications.
For more information on the Woodward Writing Workshop and to register, for only $75, go to

Woodward Writing Workshop We are pleased to announce the annual writing workshop will now be named the Woodward Writing Workshop thanks to a $20,000 investment from Tom and Bob Woodward and the Woodward Communications Foundation. “Story development, interviewing, and writing are key journalism ski...

11/09/2025

"Story development, interviewing, and writing are key journalism skills that are at the core of every Iowa community newspaper. As a company and a family, we are proud to help the development of these skills across the state and proud to sponsor the Woodward Writing Workshop through INF." - Bob Woodward

We are just 1 week away from our Woodward Writing Workshop deadline! We have a great program line up that starts on Thursday, September 25th. For more information on the Woodward Writing Workshop and to register, which is only $75, go to our website, https://inanews.com/learn/inf-writing-workshop/

08/09/2025

The Woodward Writing Workshop is approaching and we’d like to share our presenters for this GREAT program. This year’s presenters are Allie Hinga, the managing editor of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Lindsey Young, the co-owner of Kansas Publishing Venture, and Lyle Muller, the professional adviser for Grinnell College’s student-run Scarlet & Black newspaper.

Registration fee is $75 with the deadline on Thursday, September 18. Go onto our website to learn more and to register,

Woodward Writing Workshop We are pleased to announce the annual writing workshop will now be named the Woodward Writing Workshop thanks to a $20,000 investment from Tom and Bob Woodward and the Woodward Communications Foundation. “Story development, interviewing, and writing are key journalism ski...

04/09/2025

We are just 2 weeks away from the 2025 Woodward Writing Workshop deadline. The program will build your interviewing, writing and story development skills! We continue the workshop tradition of one-on-one conferences with a writing coach and it is your chance to build relationships with experienced professionals and journalists facing similar challenges.

Go on our website, https://inanews.com/learn/inf-writing-workshop/ to learn more, see the schedule, meet the presenters and coaches and to register.

Registration fee is $75 with the deadline Thursday, September 18!

02/09/2025

Iowa Newspapers, the time is here! 2026 INF Better Newspaper Contests is now open! Now is the time to begin selecting entries.

Entries will again be submitted electronically using the online entry submissions information at https://inanews.com/convention/entryinformation/

2026 Call for Entries and Entry Guides are including on this page for your complete submission instructions.

Deadline for entries is Friday, Oct.10 at 4:30pm.

28/08/2025

Join us in wishing a very happy birthday to Randy Evans, Iowa Freedom of Information Council executive director! 🎈🎈🎈 We appreciate your years of leadership on the Iowa Newspaper Foundation board. Cheers, Randy! 🎂

21/08/2025

As always, free to our members!

Have you registered for next Thursday's webinar, "Increasing You Digital Sales & Closing Ratios", presented by Shannon Kinney of Dream Local Digital?

There is still time to register before the late fee.

Shannon will cover how digital products work together to help your clients and give you the tools to increase your closing ratios in today's market. We will look at the four most important questions you can ask a prospect and how to become their trusted advisor. You will leave with increased confidence, and a checklist for a perfect proposal to increase your closing ratios, and you'll learn what 92% of sellers don't know about persistence.

Go to our website at www.onlinemediacampus.com to register, today!

20/08/2025

Nice work, Iowa State University Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication students!

The Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication is partnering with KCCI to bring international storytelling to local audiences, sending select student journalists and faculty to Dublin to cover the Iowa State vs. Kansas State football game at the 2025 Aer Lingus College Football Classic on August 23. 🏈 🇮🇪

Coverage will appear across KCCI 8 News platforms, giving students hands-on international reporting experience as they cover Iowa State’s first football game held outside the United States.

Read more about the partnership here: https://news.las.iastate.edu/2025/07/10/greenlee-school-partners-with-kcci-for-coverage-from-2025-aer-lingus-college-football-classic/

08/08/2025

Behind every award hanging on the office wall was a judge. Return the favor and become a Better Newspaper Contest judge for the Minnesota Newspaper Association this fall!

Being a judge is a great opportunity to: 1) Give back to the industry, 2) Gain experience giving constructive feedback to industry peers, 3) Get new ideas for your newspaper and 4) Be a hero! Sign up here: https://secure.inanews.com/np/clients/inanews/survey.jsp?forwardedFromSecureDomain=1&surveyId=70

31/07/2025

In July, students from across the country traveled to Des Moines where Drake University hosted a special event: a journalism camp held by Media Now.

Article by Levi Foster From July 7th to July 10th, students from across the country traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, where Drake University hosted a special event: a journalism camp held by Media Now. All students are welcome, whether they are from Iowa or not, or if they aren’t planning on being a j...

17/07/2025

"A new study details a shocking decline in the number of journalists covering local news today, compared to 20 years ago."