IowaWatch Part Of IPTV ‘Profiles In Journalism’ Program

by IowaWatch December 26, 2016January 23, 2023 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Lineup for Iowa Public Television's special program, "Profiles in Journalism" in December 2016. (left to right) Annah Backstrom, Des Moines Register news editor; Lyle Muller, executive director-editor of IowaWatch; host Dean Borg; longtime Des Moines Register columnist Chuck Offenburger; and Michael Gartner, former president of NBC News and former publisher of the Ames Tribune, where he won the Pulitzer for editorial writing. Credit: IowaWatch photo

Iowa Public Television produced a program, “Profiles in Journalism,” in December 2016 as part of a project bringing attention to the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. IowaWatch participated in the television program in two ways:

IowaWatch Executive Director-Editor Lyle Muller served as one of four panelists on the program along with moderator Dean Borg.
Muller conducted interviews IPTV videotaped for use in the program and in several IowaWatch Connection radio programs on this topic.

Joining Dean Borg were: Annah Backstrom, Chuck Offenburger, Michael Gartner and Muller.

IowaWatch was a partner with several organizations, including Humanities Iowa, Iowa Public Television and Iowa Public Radio during the anniversary observance: the 2016 Pulitzer Prizes Centennial Campfires Initiative. The Pulitzer Prizes Centennial Campfires Initiative was a joint venture of the Pulitzer Prizes Board and the Federation of State Humanities Council and Humanities Iowa, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.