Library Guides: JL MC 3460: Public Affairs Reporting: Iowa Newspapers

Access World News

Access World News
This is the best bet for finding current articles published in Iowa newspapers, including university and college newspapers. On the blue column located to the right of the homepage, click USA-Iowa tab.

Blogs

Bleeding Heartland
".... a community blog about Iowa politics: campaigns and elections, state government, social and environmental issues."

KCCI.com Latest Headlines

Iowa Newspapers - Mainly Through Third-Party Platforms

Find an Iowa Newspaper (By City or County)
This is a product of the Iowa Newspaper Association. It provides lists of daily and weekly Iowa newspapers by city or county. Also provides readership and circulation figures for the nearly 300 newspapers listed.
Storm Lake Times Pilot
Fully Accessible Online Through ISU library
Full Text: 2011 to Present (Click the hamburger icon to access archive)
Cherokee Chronicle Times
Fully Accessible Online Through ISU library.
Full Text: 2005 to Present (Click the hamburger icon to access archive)
Des Moines Register (Website)
Full text: 1999 to present in ProQuest (See Newspaper Databases tab)
1871-2008: ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S North Central Collection (See Historical Newspapers tab)
Microfilm: 1862 - Call number AN1 .D465
Ames Tribune
Website: Free 14 day trial.
Print: 1919 to 2013 in microfilm--Call number AN1 .Am36
Full text: 2000 to present in Access World News (See under Newspaper Databases tab)
Iowa State Daily
Full text: 6/1995 to present in Access World News (See under Newspaper Databases tab)
Print: 1890 - Available in Microflim - Call number "C Q Microfilm" (Use space between C & Q)
ISU Digital Repository: From 2010 to 2019 available at https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily/
Indexes for published articles covering 1950-1995 are available at the Media Center
Iowa Farmer Today
Largest weekly farm publication in Iowa.
The Daily Iowan
Website: Free 14 day trial.
Full text: 2013 to present in Access World News (See under Newspaper Databases tab)
University of Iowa Digital Repository: From 1868 to last few months: http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/
La Prensa de Iowa
The main source for Spanish language news reaching more than 20,000 readers from Western and Central Iowa. It focuses on local news and sports with advertising aimed at the Hispanic population.
Black Iowa News
"A digital news platform that highlights Black perspectives, showcases the Black community and amplifies voices of Black Iowans"
The Northern Iowan (University of Northern Iowa)
Bloomfield Democrat
The Hawk Eye (Burlington)
Website: From late 1995 - present.
Full text: 11/1995 to present in Access World News
Carroll Daily Times Herald (Daily Times Herald)
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Fulltext: 1992 to present in Access World News
Charles City Press
Full text: 1999 to current in Access World News
Clear Lake Mirror Reporter
Clinton Herald
Full text: 11/2007 to present in Access World News
Creston News Advertiser
Full text: 3/2004 to present in Access World News
Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs)
Website: Searchable archive since 2002.
Telegraph Herald (Dubuque)
Full text: 3/2001 to present in Access World News
The Messenger (Fort Dodge)
Fort Madison Daily Democrat
Full text: 6/2000 to present in Access World News
Humboldt Independent
Website: Free archive from June, 2002
Press-Citizen (Iowa City)
Times-Citizen (Iowa Falls)
Subscription required
The News (Kalona)
Full text: 5/1990 to present in Access World News
Iowa Capital Dispatch
A nonprofit, independent newspaper with free access.
Daily Gate City (Keokuk)
Website: Free archive from 2001
Full text: 6/2000 to present in Access World News
Daily Sentinel (Le Mars)
Free archive from 2001
Lyon County Daily News
Mapleton Press (Washington County Enterprise and Pilot Tribune)
Globe Gazette (Mason City)
Nevada Journal
Ottumwa Courier
Website: Free searchable archive from 1999
Full text: 5/2008 to present in Access World News
Quad-City Times
Full text: 12/2002 to present in Access World News
Sioux City Journal
Full text: 2/1996 to present in Access World News
The Courier (Waterloo)
Website: Free archive from 1997
Full text: 12/2006 to present in Access World News
West Branch Times
Muscatine Journal
Bettendorf News ("Sister" to The Quad City Times)
The Carlisle Citizen (Free Login Required)
Website: Free archive from 2006-2023

Oral Histories, Blogs, Cartoons etc.,

Iowa Journalists Oral Histories (University of Iowa Libraries)
The Rural Blog (University of Kentucky)
Editorial Cartoons of Brian Duffy
"Brian Duffy was born on May 9, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Duffy began his career at the Des Moines Register in 1983, where his cartoons quickly became popular and his work earned multiple awards." In 2008, he stopped working at the DMR.
Editorial Cartoons of J. N. "Ding" Darling, Drake University
"Pulitzer Prize winner Jay Norwood 'Ding' Darling created editorial cartoons for the Des Moines Register throughout the first half of the 20th century. Cowles Library's extensive collection of Ding Darling artist proofs has been digitized and is presented here online."

Directories

2019 Iowa Newspaper Directory - pdf

Directory of Iowa Newspapers
"The Iowa Newspaper Directory is your best source for statistics on Iowa’s newspapers. It is used by members and advertisers alike for finding accurate information about Iowa newspapers."