Iowa Newspaper Association & Foundation

12/17/2025

📣 Make the Most of the INA Convention This February 📣
The INA Convention in Des Moines offers meaningful ways to connect, celebrate, and honor the people who make local Iowa news strong. Don’t miss these three special opportunities:

🌟 Meet Your Star Reporter Table | $100
Bring the next generation of reporters straight to your table at the Convention luncheon. Host four college students—aspiring reporters, editors, and photojournalists—and build early connections with future talent.
✔️ Includes your meal + 4 student meals
✔️ Low-cost, high-impact investment in the industry pipeline

🏆 Awards Ceremony Table Reservation | $200
Skip the rush and reserve a table for your group of 10 at the INA Awards Ceremony.
✔️ Seating for 10
✔️ Two bottles of wine included
✔️ Tables must be reserved in advance and additional ceremony registration required

📰 50 Year Club Nominations
Know an Iowa newspaper veteran with 50+ years of service? Help us honor their legacy.
📅 Nomination deadline: December 30, 2025
📧 Email nominations to [email protected]
🎉 Inductees will be recognized at the Thursday luncheon during the Convention

👉 Reserve your luncheon or awards ceremony table by January 22, 2026:
Email [email protected] or visit the Convention page.

Join us this February as we celebrate the people, stories, and future of Iowa newspapers.

12/12/2025

Online Media Campus webinars are always free to INA members. Register now for this January 22 training.

OBITUARIES: If there is one advertising revenue source print newspapers should never lose, it is their Obituaries. But newspapers all over the country are losing revenue in this area. And after much research, a lot of the losses maybe self inflicted. How your obituaries look, read, sold online, and offered to the funeral homes ALL MATTERS now more than ever. And it is under your control, at little to no cost, to turn this around.

Please join Janet DeGeorge, president of Classified Executive Training & Consulting, to find out the secrets to improving your obituaries, selling more of them, and increasing both this vital revenue as well as a major readership feature.

To register for "Creating Significant New Obituary Revenue" on Thursday, January 22, 2026, go to our website at www.onlinemediacampus.com.

12/11/2025

📣 Attention Iowa Faculty & Students — New Contest Opportunity!

The Iowa Newspaper Foundation has launched the Iowa Business-for-Good Journalism Contest, connecting journalism students with business, economics, or analytics students to produce compelling stories about Iowa organizations creating positive social impact.

📝 1,500–2,000-word feature + multimedia components
💰 Cash awards for top teams and their schools
🗓️ Deadline: May 1, 2026
🔗 Details & partner matching: inanews.com/learn/goodjournalismcontest

A standout chance to build portfolios, collaborate across disciplines, and gain real-world reporting experience!

Iowa Business-for-Good Journalism Contest First Annual Iowa Business-for-Good Journalism Contest The Iowa Business-for-Good Journalism Contest is a statewide, dual-byline competition for teams of two college students: one in journalism and one in business. Student reporting for the contest submissio...

12/10/2025

📣 Join us at the 2026 INA Convention!

Two of the day’s biggest highlights:
✨ Kick-Off Address — “Rooted in Community”
Featuring Dr. LaDrina Wilson of IMAN Consulting.
Start your morning inspired as Dr. Wilson challenges Iowa journalists to deepen their community impact and lead with purpose.

🍽️ Lunch Program — National Civics Bee Showcase
Sponsored by the University of Iowa
Enjoy lunch while getting a front-row look at how the National Civics Bee builds informed, engaged young Iowans. Hosted by the Iowa Chamber Alliance.

Don’t miss these powerful sessions that celebrate community, civic engagement, and the future of Iowa journalism.

🔗 Learn more & register:

CONVENTION | February 5, 2026 Countdown to convention! Day Hour Minute Second Program 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Networking Breakfast Expand Join us for a complimentary breakfast and a time of networking with students and professionals. 9:00 – 9:45 a.m. | Kick-Off Address Sponsored by Community State Ba...

12/09/2025

2026 INF Internship Grants Awarded 🌟🌟🌟

Congratulations to these newspapers which have been selected to receive $1,000 in matching funds to support an intern in 2026:
🖊️ Algona Kossuth County Advance
🖊️ Decorah News
🖊️ Dubuque Telegraph Herald
🖊️ Estherville News
🖊️ Iowa Capital Dispatch
🖊️ Manchester Press
🖊️ Montezuma Record
🖊️ Webster City Daily Freeman Journal

12/05/2025

We are proud to announce that the 2026 INA Convention & Awards Ceremony is now ready for your registration!

See the outstanding schedule of speakers and events here:
https://inanews.com/convention/

12/04/2025

The Iowa Newspaper Foundation has launched the first annual Iowa Business-for-Good Journalism Contest, inviting college students across the state to explore how Iowa businesses create both economic value and positive social impact.

Learn more about this unique contest and its prizes here:

The Iowa Newspaper Foundation has launched the first-annual Iowa Business-for-Good Journalism Contest, inviting college students across the state to explore how Iowa businesses create both economic value and positive social impact. This unique contest requires two-student teams, one journalism stude...

12/02/2025

Giving Tuesday is here!
Local journalism matters—and your support helps strengthen every newsroom across Iowa.
Through our foundation, we return more than $560,000 each year in training, digital innovation, leadership development, writing coaching, scholarships, and affordable access to our annual convention.

Every one of Iowa’s 230+ newspapers benefits.

This Giving Tuesday, help us continue supporting the journalists who keep our communities informed.

Make a donation today here--> https://secure.inanews.com/np/clients/inanews/donation.jsp?forwardedFromSecureDomain=1

11/26/2025

11/26/2025

This Thanksgiving, we’re especially grateful for our 28 volunteer board members — leaders in local news who give generously of their time, wisdom, and expertise. They travel across Iowa and the nation to represent our nearly 240 member newspapers, strengthening local journalism and supporting the communities we all serve.

Thank you for your dedication, your leadership, and your unwavering belief in the power of local news. 🍂🦃

(Pictured is Debbie Anselm, INA Executive Director; Jason Brummond, INA President, Iowa City Daily Iowan; Zack Kucharski, INA Vice President, Cedar Rapids Gazette joined by Tony Baranowski, America’s Newspapers, Neil Quinter, News/Media Alliance, Al-Amyn Sumar, The New York Times, Barbara Wall, Gannett Co., Inc. at Senator Chuck Grassley's office in Washington, D.C.)

Meet all of our INA and INF board members: https://inanews.com/boards-of-directors/

11/25/2025

📣 One week until Giving Tuesday!

Local newspapers keep Iowa communities informed—covering our schools, safety, businesses, and the people who make our towns strong.

Next week, we’ll share how you can help support the training, tools, and programs that power Iowa’s 230+ local newspapers.

Strong communities need strong local news. Stay tuned. 🗞️💛