| Description: | An independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan news service |
| Begun: | February 2010 |
| Website: | http://www.iowawatch.org/ |
| Office Location: | P.O. Box 2178 Iowa City, IA |
| Structure: | 501(c)(3) organization (as of June 14, 2010; The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism was the Iowa Center’s fiscal sponsor during the IRS approval process |
| Founder: | Stephen Berry and Robert Gutsche Jr. |
| Executive Director: | Stephen J. Berry (executive director/editor) |
| Approximate number of full-time staff: | 0 (Berry works full-time as a volunteer, while also serving as a salaried, tenured journalism professor at the University of Iowa) |
| Number with prior professional journalism experience: | 1 |
| Annual operating budget: | $133,200 (91 percent volunteer service) |
| Annual salaries posted, or accessible via 990 form: | No (no salaried personnel) |
| Editorial/ethics policy statement: | Yes |
| Diversity statement: | No |
| IRS 990 form posted on website: | No (filed 990-N E-Post Card) |
| Major donors disclosed: | Yes |
| INN Member: | Yes |
| Awards: | Jim Malewitz, SPJ Region 7 Mark of Excellence, 3rd place, news features; (Berry was previously a newspaper reporter for 33 years, winning the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1993 while at the Orlando Sentinel). |
| Contact: | Stephen-berry@iowawatch.org or 319-335-3331 |
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