Eight individuals from Iowa’s newspaper companies graduated from the Iowa Newspaper Foundation’s Leo Mores Newspaper Leadership Institute on Sept. 18. The Institute is a five-month program designed to expand the experiences of newspaper professionals in Iowa, and engage them in a rigorous professional and personal leadership curriculum.
The Leo Mores Newspaper Leadership Institute participants were selected through a competitive application process and include newspaper professionals from across the state with diverse professional backgrounds. Over the course of the program, the class met at various Iowa locations. Highly regarded speakers in the areas of business, finance, economic development, technology and journalism presented each month.
Graduates of the 2015 class were:
• Abigail Pelzer, Newton Daily News
• Whitney Sager, Boone News-Republican
• Katie Mason, Coon Rapids Enterprise
• Nick Pedley, Hampton Chronicle
• Geof Fischer, Iowa Newspaper Foundation
• Bob Fenske, New Hampton Tribune
• Wanda Moeller, Ottumwa Courier
• Christy Ayer, The Burlington Hawk Eye
The Leo Mores Newspaper Institute is made possible by a generous endowment from the Mores family, owners of the newspapers in Harlan, in the name of their father, Leo.