The Des Moines Register
At the Register, I worked as a general assignment reporter, typically covering crime. During this internship, I learned to increase my speed when reporting and how to be creative when reaching a dead end.
See more of my work at the Register here.
See more of my work at the Register here.
'It's just devastating': Disabled Des Moines couple struggles to pay for $26,000 in repairs after basement wall collapsesJohn Ollin, 69, feels like he failed his wife.
The couple lived in their Des Moines home for 11 years, until a basement wall collapsed during strong storms on June 22, leaving the home uninhabitable. |
'He loved life, he loved to live it': Wasp sting victim remembered by family, communityEverybody on Dwayne Kriegel's mail route liked the letter carrier, his daughter said.
Kriegel, 58, died Tuesday. A wasp stung him in the hand multiple times after he reached into a mailbox during his normal mail route in central Iowa last week. His family said he should be remembered for his ability to make friends with anybody and everybody. |
Hinterland 2019: Excitement felt in the audience leading up to memorable sets by Kacey Musgraves, HozierHigh anticipation for Kacey Musgraves' Hinterland appearance was apparent in the moments before her 8 p.m. set Friday, through undeniable angst.
Musgraves fans — many identifiable by their cowgirl hats — claimed their spots, ready to defend their patch of grass from the unavoidable attempts by latecomers to squeeze into the perfect view of the Grammy Award-winning country star. |
IowaWatch
24 rural Iowa counties opt for single polling site amid COVID-19 concernsVoters in one Iowa county of 9,000 cast their ballots the same way people purchase a Big Mac: in the drivethrough.
The Bloomfield Fire Department, the usual polling location for Bloomfield, served all of Davis County’s eight sites this year. Cars could pull into the emptied equipment bays — where the firetrucks normally sit — and drivers could vote behind the wheel and then pull forward to exit. |
Professors switch quickly to online teaching, noting few benefits, more hours, less interactionUniversity of Northern Iowa professor Anelia Dimitrova expected the coronavirus would cause a two-week spring break extension – not a swift end to campus life and the beginning of teaching online.
She thought it was odd, she said, when one of her students noted in March that their last class before spring break could be their last meeting in person. “Very quickly it became apparent that that was very naive and idealistic,” Dimitrova, who teaches journalism and ethics, said. |
Iowa State Daily
'This is not America:' International students express threatened status in United StatesInternational students discuss the impact that the travel ban had on them.
This story covering the impact the travel ban had on Iowa State international students won first place in the Columbia Scholastic Press news feature category,
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Iowa adoptees seek access to birth certificatesFor Michelle Spear, gaining access to her birth certificate is about control. Spear is the founder of the Iowa Adoptee and Family Coalition whose purpose is to give Iowan adoptees access to their original birth certificate which a law has blocked them from doing since 1941.
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