Our Iowa colleagues need our help
As we all watch the news updates on evacuations for the floods in the Midwest, we must remember that journalists live there too. Yesterday, our managing editor sent out an e-mail that was mailed to him, that reads, in part:
The staff of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, for example, has been overwhelmed with the generous and unsolicited help and offers to help from newspaper colleagues as they continue to publish and broadcast on all platforms through the flooding disaster in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. They were especially overwhelmed by the truckload of bottled water, cots, fruit and other donations from the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.
The Iowa Newspaper Foundation wants to help you help these people in need. Newspaper employees in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Vinton, Iowa City and other towns in the flood zone face personal losses. Some employees have had their homes and personal belongings destroyed or severely damaged.
We all joke about how little money we make, so it’s clear these people really do need help. Check out the donation page on the Iowa Newspaper Foundation. I’m sure even $5 would help.