Josie Fischels
Digital News ProducerJosie Fischels is a Digital News Producer at Iowa Public Radio. She is a 2022 graduate of the University of Iowa’s school of journalism, where she also majored in theater arts (and, arguably, minored in the student newspaper, The Daily Iowan). Previously, she interned with the Denver Post in Denver, Colorado and at NPR in Washington, D.C.
Josie’s written work has placed in state and national competitions, including the Iowa Newspaper Association and the Hearst Journalism awards. She has also been named a finalist in national competitions, including the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence awards and the Associated Collegiate Press Story of the Year awards.
When she’s not working, you can find Josie learning to roller skate, curating her next killer outfit and seeing just how many recipes she can justify making in her air fryer.
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This week's quiz covers news published between April 8 and April 12. Can you get all ten questions right?
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This quiz covers news published between March 25 and March 29. Have you got what it takes to get all ten right?
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This week's quiz covers news published on IPR between March 18 and March 22. Ready? Go!
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Every spring, nearly one million Sandhill Cranes pass through an 80-mile stretch of the Platte River in Nebraska on their northward migration.
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This week's quiz covers news published on IPR's site between March 11 and March 15. Have you got what it takes to answer them all correctly?
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This week's quiz covers news published on IPR between March 4 and March 8. Good luck!
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This week's quiz covers news published across IPR's site between Feb. 26 and March 1. How well have you been paying attention?
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From beloved songs like "One Day More" and "I Dreamed a Dream," maestro Will Curry and an orchestra of 14 players run the three-hour musical marathon that is Les Mis night after night, all while on the road.
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This week's quiz covers IPR news published between Feb. 19 and Feb. 23. Think you've got what it takes?
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This week's quiz covers news published by IPR between Feb. 12 and Feb. 16. Ready? Go!
