Iowa Down Ballot
Iowa Writers Collaborative, Robert Leonard, Rekha Basu, Barry Piatt, Julie Gammack, Laura Belin, Douglas Burns, Art Cullen, Ed Tibbetts, Dave Price, Dartanyan L. Brown, Dave Busiek, Dennis Goldford, Dana JamesProfessional political analysts discuss Iowa politics with refreshing, in-depth conversations with Iowa Writers' Collaborative members.
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Authors
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The Iowa Writers' Collaborative links readers with professional, independent writers who find the Iowa angle to feature stories, commentary, and news.
Robert Leonard is a former radio news reporter. He has bylines in the New York Times, TIME, USA Today, the Des Moines Register, the Iowa Capitol Dispatch, the Kansas City Star, and many more.
Syndicated columnist born in India, raised Libya, Egypt, Thailand, New York. Transplanted to Iowa. Parent, widow, author, progressive, feminist, global citizen.
Barry Piatt has had a front row seat for state and national government & politics for over 50 years, working first as a political reporter in Iowa, and later as a senior advisor for members of the US House and Senate and candidates for US President.
Founder: The Iowa Writers' Collaborative includes highly regarded, popular, columnists from around the state. Produces the Okoboji Writers' Retreat. Writes Julie Gammack's Iowa Potluck. Having a blast.
Covering Iowa politics at the progressive website Bleeding Heartland since 2007, on KHOI Community Radio since 2021, and on Substack since 2022.
Douglas Burns is a fourth-generation Iowa journalist. Burns is the former co-owner of the Carroll (Iowa) Times Herald, which was in his family for 93 years.
I’m the editor and co-owner with my brother John of the Storm Lake Times Pilot newspaper.
For three decades, I wrote about politics, government and trends for a newspaper in the Quad-Cities along the Mississippi River in Iowa and Illinois. I'm on my own now, but I'm still creating honest, thoughtful journalism at a time when it's needed.
Solutions seeker, curious fellow, Iowa transplant. Iowa Political Director for Gray Television’s stations, American Farmland Owner editor and Iowa resident since 2001.
Teaching Artist, Writer and Musician
Dave Busiek spent 43 years in Iowa radio and TV newsrooms, the last 30 years as news director at KCCI-TV in Des Moines.
After 39 years, I have just retired as a professor emeritus from Drake University's Department of Political Science.
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