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@DMRegister executive editor! Previous: @OWHnews executive editor. @DMRegister news director, politics editor; MN Capitol bureau chief, politics reporter.
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How and why the Register told the story of this vulnerable Iowa family

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By Rachel Stassen-Berger 
| Des Moines Register
June 15, 2026, 4:21 a.m. CT This spring, Des Moines Register Reader's Watchdog Lee Rood and Register photographer Cody Scanlan visited with the Beaman family. The Beamans are an extremely vulnerable Iowa family whose life has fallen apart. Handling family members' mental, physical and intellectual issues has never been easy but, as Rood's reporting showed, they have become impossibly hard. "The costs to the state of the Beamans' problems also mounted.
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Des Moines Register’s new executive editor: It's good to be back in Iowa

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By Rachel Stassen-Berger 
| Des Moines Register
It’s good to be back in Iowa. I became the Des Moines Register executive editor on June 2. Like many of you, I’m a returnee to the Hawkeye State. I had served as the Register’s politics editor and news director. I lived in Des Moines’ River Bend neighborhood, enjoyed the burgeoning dining scene, the covered bridges, the balmy winters (I’ve lived in Minnesota) and the energy in our Iowa newsrooms.
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From the editor: Omaha World-Herald is getting normal back after cyberattack

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By Rachel Stassen-Berger 
| Omaha World-Herald
The companies for which I’ve worked, including the Omaha World-Herald, and many companies with which I do business, including my bank and credit card company, have warned me to be aware of the possibility of cyberattacks. These attacks can come in many forms, the warnings say, and can have a variety of impacts. As we have reported for weeks, Lee Enterprises, the parent company of the Omaha World-Herald and dozens of other news outlets, said it was the victim of just such a cyberattack on Feb. 3.
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