The IowaWatch Connection

Healthcare workers know people are fatigued, always hearing warnings about taking precautions to guard against contracting COVID-19. They are fatigued, too, dealing with high demands to provide care to those with the coronavirus. An audio report, from IowaWatch by Lyle Muller. (c) Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, 2022 Read more: https://www.iowawatch.org/2022/01/13/burnout-deepens-for-iowa-healthcare-workers-with-latest-covid-surge/

A handful of small Iowa towns with populations of less than 5,000 and not part of a larger metro area, bucked the trend and grew their populations in the 2020 census data just released. But, IowaWatch found in summer 2021, some small towns push hard for vitality even when losing population. A podcast, from Lyle Muller of IowaWatch, which is part of a series called "Small Town Solutions," by Muller and Pat Kinney for IowaWatch. Read the story here: https://www.iowawatch.org/2021/08/17/how-a-handful-of-iowa-towns-thrive-rise-above-rural-decline/ (c) Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, 2021.

Long-time Iowa journalists Pat Kinney and Lyle Muller talk about the highlights of the Small Town Solutions reporting project they worked on in summer 2021 for IowaWatch.org. IowaWatch reporting in this project was made possible by support from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous and compelling reporting about responses to social problems. You can see IowaWatch's work at https://www.iowawatch.org (c) Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, 2021.

Edited interview with Dr. Caitlin Pedati by IowaWatch writer Andy Kopsa. Interviewed on July 16, 2021.

Tim Fairbanks, an Iowa City educator who has a son on the autism spectrum, speaks with reporter Sean Bock in this special report. The podcast was part of a spring University of Iowa journalism and mass communication class accepted by IowaWatch for publication.

University of Iowa research scientist Jesse Espinoza had the rare opportunity to not only contract COVID-19 but to study it in his research work. Espinoza talks with IowaWatch's Lyle Muller. (c) Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, 2021. Part of a series. Our open source policy for republication is here: www.iowawatch.org/like-it-steal-it/ See more at www.iowawatch.org/category/fightin…ovid-19-in-iowa/

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics nurse Lilly Olson was pregnant when COVID-19 hit Iowa and patients starting showing up on the floor where she works. She juggled concern for her patients with concern for her family, including her unborn child. She tells her story in this podcast with IowaWatch's Lyle Muller. (c) Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, 2021. Part of a series. Our open source policy for republication is here: www.iowawatch.org/like-it-steal-it/ See more at www.iowawatch.org/category/fightin…ovid-19-in-iowa/

A deep look at how hospital caregivers deal with COVID-19 patients who suffered without loved ones by their side during the coronavirus pandemic. Featured: Dr. Gregory Schmidt, critical care programs director an associate chief medical officer for critical care at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and professor of internal medicine - pulmonary, critical care and occupational medicine, at the University of Iowa. He speaks with IowaWatch's Lyle Muller. (c) Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, 2021. Part of a series. Our open source policy for republication is here: https://www.iowawatch.org/like-it-steal-it/ See more at https://www.iowawatch.org/category/fighting-covid-19-in-iowa/

Touching stories from a floor nurse who has treated COVID-19 patients, including those who still deny COVID to their death bed, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Kirstin Brainard talks with IowaWatch's Lyle Muller. (c) Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, 2021. Part of a series. Our open source policy for republication is here: www.iowawatch.org/like-it-steal-it/ See more at www.iowawatch.org/category/fightin…ovid-19-in-iowa/

Darcy Havel-Sturdevant is what's known as a "long hauler." Diagnosed in April 2020 with COVID-19, she still suffers from memory loss, debilitating headaches and other long-term health issues from her bout with the coronavirus. She spoke with IowaWatch's Lyle Muller. (c) Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, 2021. Part of a series. Our open source policy for republication is here: www.iowawatch.org/like-it-steal-it/ See more at www.iowawatch.org/category/fightin…ovid-19-in-iowa/

Michael Topchik, national leader for the Chartis Center for Rural Health, talks with IowaWatch's Lyle Muller about his group's latest research on how COVID-19 has affected rural hospitals in the United States. Interview conducted on Feb. 15, 2021. (c) Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism

COVID rates are high in Iowa and hospitals are concerned about their capacity to admit patients, but also the health of their doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers. A look at the financial and health situation at Iowa's hospitals, from IowaWatch. (c) Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, 2020.

Marshalltown, Iowa, and Albert Lea, Minnesota, faced local crises when they lost hospital services a few years ago. They took different paths to recover, the COVID-19 hit. An original IowaWatch podcast. Host: Lyle Muller (c) Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, 2020 Read more about rural hospitals coping with COVID-19 here: www.iowawatch.org/category/fightin…ovid-19-in-iowa/