Stephen Berry

Podcast: Why Investigative Journalism Matters

Seldom has so much attention focused on how journalists gather and report news. But news consumers in the 2010s want to know whether or not what they read or hear in the news is true and, in doing so, want to know why investigative reporters pursue stories.

By Jeff Stein, Stephen Berry and Lyle Muller

/ 3 Apr 2017

Podcast: Why Investigative Journalism Matters

From IowaWatch's Co-Founder: Why Your Donation Makes Sense

A recent study by BuzzFeed News confirmed a disturbing feeling that grew increasingly intense as the presidential campaign wore on. It was a sense that falsity was overwhelming facts in the information base voters would use to ...

By Stephen Berry

/ 26 Dec 2016

From IowaWatch's Co-Founder: Why Your Donation Makes Sense

IowaWatch Co-Founder Stephen Berry: Help Support Free Speech Project, Student Journalists

We all know what freedom of speech and expression mean, right? Well, maybe not. So The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch is launching an investigation: “MAKING BOUNDARIES: The Impact of Defining Boundaries for Speech and Expression on College Campuses.” But we need your donations t

By Stephen Berry

/ 23 Mar 2016