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  • News organizations need mobile-first strategy

    Puttin' on the Gaz

    Number of comments: 10
    News organizations are belatedly, reluctantly and often awkwardly pursuing “web-first” strategies. As we fight these web battles, I am increasingly coming to believe that “web first” is what the military would call fighting the last war. News organizations need a mobile-first strategy. “Web first” was a tremendously difficult concept for journalists [...]
    Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:09pm EST
    by Steve Buttry
  • 1 on 1 with Terry Branstad

    Price of Politics

    Number of comments: 2
    Thursday, former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad starting making the media rounds as he tries to find his fifth way back into Terrace Hill. We've all been waiting for some time with him. My conversation with him coincided with the day of his first statewide of the state as a candidate,' [...]
    Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:04am EST
    by Dave Price
  • Holiday Tales at Riverside

    Iowa City Theatre

    Riverside - Riverside Theatre will host its 11th annual weekend of monologues, Walking the Wire: Holiday Tales November 19-22.

    Walking the Wire: Holiday Tales is directed by Ron Clark and features twelve original monologues. As each piece is performed by a single actor who speaks directly to the [...]
    Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:06pm EST
  • Frustration

    Price of Politics

    Number of comments: 0
    To continue our earlier conversation about frustration right now...here's another item. The University of Iowa just released its "Hawkeye Poll". It shows nearly half the country worries health care reform will do more harm than good and more than half the country now disapproves of the job President Barack Obama [...]
    Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:01pm EST
    by Dave Price
  • Purple Matters

    Price of Politics

    Number of comments: 0
    We had a fascinating, albeit sad, conversation on "Purple Matters" last night. Kathleen Nebel shared her story, which is almost too astonishing to believe. She said her ex-husband has been abusing her in one way or another for more than 25 years. She estimates they have been to court 800 [...]
    Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:17am EST
    by Dave Price
  • ITAC is All Wrapped Up

    Iowa City Theatre

    ITAC - The Iowa Theatre Artists Company opens their first holiday production in their new Amana home (the former Barn Restaurant) on Thursday, November 19. This original play with music written by Tom Johnson and the ITAC Ensemble will have a three week run over a [...]
    Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:02pm EST
  • TCR's Annie opens this weekend

    Iowa City Theatre

    TCR - Theatre Cedar Rapids audiences are no strangers to the musical Annie. It’s a longtime favorite and audiences have been clamoring for it to return to their stage — which is exactly what it will do beginning Nov. 20, when Annie opens at TCR Lindale.[...]
    Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:47pm EST
  • ICCT membership meeting scheduled

    Iowa City Theatre

    ICCT - Due to a petition started by a member of the Iowa City Community Theatre, a special membership meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 23rd at 7 PM in Meeting Room B at the Robert A Lee Recreation Center. This is the second attempt ICCT has made to schedule [...]
    Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:39am EST
  • Frustrated Songs

    Price of Politics

    Number of comments: 1
    Monday, I did a tv story on Iowans' frustrations with incumbents in light of the economy, etc. I'm looking for songs that capture people's mood right now. Here's what we've come up with in the newsroom so far this morning. Can you send me your ideas?



    "We're" [...]

    Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:44am EST
    by Dave Price
  • Sunday talk show lineup

    Iowa Politics Insider

    Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

    ABC’s “This Week” — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

    CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich.; Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.

    NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Clinton; Education Secretary Arne Duncan; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.; [...]

    Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:38pm EST
    by Jeffrey Bruner
  • Two Iowa casinos fined for violations

    Iowa Insider

    JOHNSTON – Two Iowa casinos have agreed to fines for admitting people who should not have been allowed inside.

    The Catfish Bend Casino in Burlington was fined $20,000 for admitting an underage female who played a slot machine and was served an alcoholic beverage. A security supervisor questioned her identification [...]

    Posted: November 12, 2009, 1:30pm EST
    by Charlotte
  • Trompeter back to California

    Price of Politics

    Number of comments: 0
    As you regular readers know, it's not ALL politics here. Just wanted to pass along that our old friend, Jeanette Trompeter, is headed back to California. Jeanette is going back to where it all started, her former station in San Luis Obispo. She will be the evening anchor there. Jeanette' [...]
    Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:27pm EST
    by Dave Price
  • AFSCME decision

    Price of Politics

    Number of comments: 5
    What should they do? About 9,000 AFSCME members need to make a huge decision in the next week or so... do they take off five days without pay before the end of June and give up the state match on their retirement? Or do they watch about 500 of their [...]
    Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:11am EST
    by Dave Price
  • Culver, union strike deal to save jobs

    Iowa Insider

    DES MOINES – Gov. Chet Culver and the union representing the largest group of Iowa’s state employees announced an agreement to save nearly 500 state jobs by imposing furloughs and benefit reductions.

    The deal with the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Iowa Council 61 must still be [...]

    Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:13pm EST
    by Charlotte

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