by Luke Martz | Mar 12, 2026 | Campaigns, Governor, Media, State Politics
The Des Moines Register would like you to know they are very concerned about how Governor Kim Reynolds travels. So concerned, in fact, that they’ve now run two separate stories scrutinizing the governor’s legal use of a state plane. Yes, the legal use of a...
by Luke Martz | Mar 12, 2026 | Media, Opinion, Party Politics
When Iowa Field Report launched in 2020, there was nothing else like it. Looking at the Iowa media landscape in 2026, that remains true. For decades, the left held a near-monopoly on the “news” in this state. Legacy outlets like the Des Moines Register and...
by Luke Martz | Feb 3, 2023 | Courts, Media, Opinion, State Government
Rob Sand gets off scot-free for refusing to turn over government emails from liberal blogger/activist Laura Belin, a state district court ruled last week. Sand withheld Belin’s emails with his chief of staff John McCormally until he was sued by the Kirkwood Institute,...
by Luke Martz | Dec 21, 2022 | Media, Opinion
The Iowa Field Report broke some of the biggest Iowa political stories of the year. The first to report on U.S. Senate candidate Mike Franken’s assault report, the first to write on state house candidate Sonya Heitshusen’s arrest, and the only outlet to...
by Luke Martz | Feb 8, 2022 | Media, Opinion
Media “fact checks” are amongst the biggest purveyors of misinformation on the internet. “Fact checks” are a fountain of misinformation because the genre primarily consists of the journalist’s opinion masquerading as fact. Additionally,...
by Luke Martz | Dec 10, 2021 | Media
“My target is the governor.” That’s what Cedar Rapids Gazette columnist Todd Dorman tweeted last night referencing his work at the “news” paper. I don't think DeJear and Smith supporters will forget my desire to see Reynolds defeated. You're more interested in...
