Iowa Writers’ Roundtable

Episode Season 50 Episode 5020
Iowa Press convenes a panel of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative for a roundtable discussion of each person's writings and the importance of local community voices and storytelling.

Iowa Press convenes a panel of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative for a roundtable discussion of each person's writings and the importance of local community voices and storytelling.

Guests include Julie Gammack, former Des Moines Register columnist, WHO radio host, business coach and founder/producer of the annual Okoboji Writers Retreat; Chuck Offenburger, former Des Moines Register columnist and founder of Offenburger.com; Ed Tibbetts, former reporter and editorial page editor for the Quad-City Times; and Teresa Zilk, mental health advocate and founder of "Stories to Tell My Daughter." 

Kay Henderson moderates.

This program will be broadcast Friday, December 30 at 7:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS. 

[ RECORDED: December 16, 2022 ]



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