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Over the course of over 25 years in film and television, Miura Kite has watched the media landscape evolve, particularly in regards to whose stories get to be told. “There was this idea in the film industry that you had to create content that appealed to all four quadrants — female, male, over 25, under 25," said Kite, an Iowa City native who garnered her first executive producer credit on a released production last year. "Now, networks can aim to hit one audience with a given show — and to hit it really well. This revised approach to finding audiences has resulted in an incr...
The Record An email I received from a reader several months ago still resonates with me. It encouraged me to “take care of our beloved Record.” For the nearly four years that I have been executive editor of The Record, I have discussed the value of local news and the need to support local news. I have talked about partnering with the community. And at the end of staff-written stories you’ll find this: Support local news, subscribe to The Stockton Record at https://www.recordnet.com/subscribenow. I’m confident that if you value what we do, if you want a voice covering...
Miller-Meeks says "every legal ballot was counted" in the race. But Hart believes voters deserve a full hand recount to consider the nearly 400,000 ballots cast in the race for voters' intent. While some of the district's precincts were recounted by hand in late November, many weren't. Iowa Code leaves such decisions to the 24 county recount boards, which are comprised of two members nominated from each campaign and a third member mutually agreed upon by the other two. Both campaigns have complained over the extent to which these boards pursued recounts fairly or legally. "This recount p...