Senior Content Editor at NPR’s Midwest Newsroom. Semiretired gymnastics coach. I can fix passive sentences and back handsprings.
Des Moines, Iowa
Joined May 2009
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It's humid in these parts!
What's your best guess for the state with the highest relative humidity so far in 2025?
9%Iowa
12%Kansas
66%Missouri
12%Nebraska
32 votes • Final resultsI will be on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” today, speaking with Ben Kieffer about the trend of four-day school weeks in Iowa and beyond. Please tune in!
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Number of Iowa school districts with 4-day weeks tripled in one year | @npaseka @NPRMidwestNews iowapublicradio.org/educatio…
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With help from our partners at @NPRMidwestNews, we were also able to lightly compare the Jackson County Detention Center and Regional Correction Center to CJC.
Many thanks to @npaseka & @theheroofthyme for their assistance in hunting down data & compiling graphics.
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Good read by @npaseka with insight from the always brilliant @LinaMariaMuril6
Habit.
Party over policy.
Don't want to rock the boat in your circle.
Why do Republicans in some states elect lawmakers with more extreme positions than their own?
Our @npaseka explored this issue in her first story as a member of our team. kcur.org/2024-10-28/midwest-…
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And then there were FIVE again... @NPRMidwestNews is a full team once more.
@npaseka @kavahnmansouri @theheroofthyme @krishusted and yours truly
And we're growing! 1/2
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A beautiful story of the trials and triumphs of breastfeeding & postpartum. Thank you for sharing @npaseka. fearlessbr.com/essay-my-brea… via @BusinessRecord #MaternalHealth
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The first Iowa woman to win a gold medal (1972) didn’t need fancy eyewear, just a pair of cat-eye glasses. Jefferson, Iowa, rightly has a fabulous statue of her
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Old school:
“Female gymnasts should peak at 16 because they likely have 1 shot at the Olympics.”
New school:
“Female gymnasts should pace at 16 because they may have 16 MORE years in elite and 4+ Olympics”
Welcome to the future thanks to legends stomping out the myth 🙏
Darkhorse VP pick
Jordan Chiles has a date to add to your calendar.
"I just say stay tuned for August 6th. There might be an announcement for something,” she told me today.
👀 @uclagymnastics @LA28
More:
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Wall Street Journal reporting what basically every parent knows - the demand for berries is virtually insatiable, particularly in the key under-4 demographic
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When an athlete argues that abuse prevention measures like Safesport hamper potentially winning, that athlete has articulated two things:
1. Abuse might be needed to be a good athlete.
2. Winning is worth abuse.
Pare back the words, look at the ideas. She was clear.
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This is a day I’ve been waiting for for a long time. Wild salaries, lots of coach and athlete movement show that schools, donors & sponsors are finally paying for the true value of women’s gymnastics. It’s not going to be pretty but it’s a lesson in negotiation. Net positive.
Interview help request: I am looking for Iowa women who experienced extended health problems/complications after giving birth and lost their Medicaid coverage after 60 days postpartum. Please email me if you feel comfortable sharing a postpartum story: [email protected]
My best and brightest professional moment of the year: Meeting and interviewing @R_Denhollander. I am forever grateful. She made the world safer for all of us.
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Thank you, @npaseka, for a wonderful feature about our 𝙁𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 leader, @AshleyMGreig.
🌪️🤸♀️🌪️
The six women featured in this year’s annual Fearless anniversary publication range in age from 16 to 74 and live in communities all across Iowa. Their stories are unique, but they all involve resilience.
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Cyclone hooper Julius Michalik and Cyclone gymnast Libby Bell pose for a photo outside of Hilton Coliseum in 1994.
#TBT #CyclONEnation
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Emotionally reactive parents put us into fight or flight.
This can cause:
- issues expressing emotions
- fawning (people pleasing) being the “easy” child
- fear of conflict
- hypervigilance: always on edge, thinking someone’s mad/upset.
I hope this video helps you understand yourself and your behavior.
RETWEET FOR AWARENESS
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If you grew up in a home with constant screaming or yelling, your body remembers. You might startle easily. Or feel like sobbing when someone yells.
How To Heal:
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And now... What you have been waiting for. Wold hired a contractor who came back with a quote, but Wold said it was too high. Friday the contractor told workers, "Get away. You’re going to die.”
Byline shared w/ the incredible @K_5mydearwatson
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