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A Mississippi transplant to middle America. I produce news and culture stories about Iowans for Iowans at Iowa Public Radio. Find my work in the Iowa City Press-Citizen, The Des Moines Register, Literary Hub, Mississippi Today, Muscatine Journal, Hazlitt, Scalawag and Jackson Free Press.

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New immigrant stories project trying to save Iowa’s story

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By Zachary Oren Smith Verified
| Iowa Starting Line Verified
Journalist Jazari Kual is betting Iowa’s immigrant stories still matter — even as the state ties itself deeper into ICE enforcement. His new project, Common Thread Iowa, launching now. Follow along.
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New refugee story project aims to bring Iowa’s overlooked immigrant communities into focus

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By Zachary Oren Smith Verified
| Iowa Starting Line Verified
Iowa has a bigger refugee and immigrant population than most people give it credit for, and a new media project launching this month wants to make sure it stops being an afterthought in state news coverage. Common Thread Iowa, a new social-first reporting effort led by journalist Jazari Kual, launches as one of the first community-specific programs under New Day Iowa, a new organization built by Liz Fleming and Pat Rynard. [Disclosure: Rynard founded Iowa Starting Line in 2015.
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Hinson says clinic closure talk is ‘lying by omission.’ State records tell another story

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By Zachary Oren Smith Verified
| Iowa Starting Line Verified
US Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican, says pointing to the state’s healthcare clinic closures as evidence of healthcare becoming less accessible in Iowa isn’t the full story.
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