Josie Fischels is IPR's Arts & Culture Reporter, with expertise in performance art, visual art and Iowa Life. She's covered local and statewide arts, news and lifestyle features for <a href="https://dailyiowan.com/staff_name/josie-fischels/"><i>The Daily Iowan</i></a>, <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/author/josie-fischels/"><i>The Denver Post</i></a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/" target="_blank" link-data="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"0000016e-ccea-ddc2-a56e-edfe72aa0000","_type":"ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20"},"cms.content.publishDate":1715884592739,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000016f-11a8-d314-a9ef-3fab7412005a","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.content.updateDate":1715884592739,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000016f-11a8-d314-a9ef-3fab7412005a","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"anchorable.showAnchor":false,"link":{"attributes":[],"cms.directory.paths":[],"linkText":"NPR","target":"NEW","attachSourceUrl":false,"url":"https://www.npr.org/","_id":"0000018f-82b1-d09b-a7ef-96f305aa0001","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"0000018f-82b1-d09b-a7ef-96f305aa0000","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">NPR</a> and currently for IPR. Fischels is a <a href="https://uiowa.edu/" target="_blank" link-data="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"0000016e-ccea-ddc2-a56e-edfe72aa0000","_type":"ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20"},"cms.content.publishDate":1715884636926,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000016f-11a8-d314-a9ef-3fab7412005a","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.content.updateDate":1715884636926,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000016f-11a8-d314-a9ef-3fab7412005a","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"anchorable.showAnchor":false,"link":{"attributes":[],"cms.directory.paths":[],"linkText":"University of Iowa","target":"NEW","attachSourceUrl":false,"url":"https://uiowa.edu/","_id":"0000018f-82b1-d09b-a7ef-96f3b2060001","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"0000018f-82b1-d09b-a7ef-96f3b2060000","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">University of Iowa</a> graduate.