Brittany Robb

Podcast: Inside The Reporters' Notebooks For Stories On Mental Health, Opioid Addiction In Iowa

In-depth reporting on health and government topics requires a large investment of resources and time by journalists. We talk with three Iowa journalists about work they did behind the scenes for important stories.

By Thomas Nelson, Brittany Robb and Jeff Stein

/ 21 Nov 2016

Podcast: Inside The Reporters' Notebooks For Stories On Mental Health, Opioid Addiction In Iowa

Podcast: What Iowa Does To Keep Contaminants Out Of Our Drinking Water

This might be hard to believe but the stuff we flush can affect our drinking water. This IowaWatch Connection podcast expands on a story we first reported in August.

By Brittany Robb and Jeff Stein

/ 3 Oct 2016

Podcast: What Iowa Does To Keep Contaminants Out Of Our Drinking Water

Inside The Reporter's Notebook: Gazette Series Humanizes, Raises Awareness Of Heroin Addiction

Heroin addiction is growing nationwide, and eastern Iowa is no exception with more than 61 non-fatal overdoses and 21 deaths in 2015. Cedar Rapids Gazette healthcare reporter Chelsea Keenan and public safety reporter Lee Hermiston spoke with IowaWatch intern Brittany Robb about their stories that fo

By Brittany Robb

/ 16 Aug 2016

Inside The Reporter's Notebook: Gazette Series Humanizes, Raises Awareness Of Heroin Addiction

The Stuff We Flush Could Come Back To Haunt Us When We Drink Water

Caffeine and a drug used to regulate blood sugar levels for people with Type 2 diabetes wash down the drain every day to become some of the most common unregulated contaminants in Iowa’s public drinking water, an IowaWatch investigation revealed.

By Brittany Robb

/ 10 Aug 2016

The Stuff We Flush Could Come Back To Haunt Us When We Drink Water

Branstad Keeps Arm's Length From Personhood Suggestion In Abortion Debate, For Now

Gov. Terry Branstad said in an IowaWatch interview he can’t commit support to an effort to extend personhood rights to fetuses at this early stage.

By Brittany Robb

/ 8 Jul 2016

Branstad Keeps Arm's Length From Personhood Suggestion In Abortion Debate, For Now

Iowa Legislator Wants To Push For Personhood Rights For All Fetuses

An Iowa state senator said he wants the Iowa Legislature to define life as beginning at conception following a June 27 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limits how much states can restrict abortion access. But the constitutionality of any legislation along those lines would be contrary to previous Su

By Brittany Robb

/ 30 Jun 2016

Iowa Legislator Wants To Push For Personhood Rights For All Fetuses

Clinton Finds Herself Answering To Other Democrats As Well As Republicans After Iowa

Hillary Clinton came to Iowa in 2016 to exorcise what plagued her surprise 2008 failure to win the Democratic presidential precinct caucuses but end up with a fight on her hands. Bernie Sanders is making a strong push to be the Democratic presidential nominee.

By Lyle Muller, Clinton Olsasky, Brittany Robb and Krista Johnson

/ 2 Feb 2016

Podcast: Inside The Reporters' Notebooks For Stories On Mental Health, Opioid Addiction In Iowa

Podcast: What Iowa Does To Keep Contaminants Out Of Our Drinking Water

Inside The Reporter's Notebook: Gazette Series Humanizes, Raises Awareness Of Heroin Addiction

The Stuff We Flush Could Come Back To Haunt Us When We Drink Water

Branstad Keeps Arm's Length From Personhood Suggestion In Abortion Debate, For Now

Iowa Legislator Wants To Push For Personhood Rights For All Fetuses

Clinton Finds Herself Answering To Other Democrats As Well As Republicans After Iowa

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