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Tom Witosky

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Tom Witsoky spent 33 years at The Des Moines Register, covering politics, law, business, and sports. He is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and is the co-author, with Marc Hansen, of “Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality.”

Tom Witosky, NF ’92, collaborated with another veteran sportswriter to chronicle the battle over same-sex marriage

Tom Witosky, NF ’92, collaborated with another veteran sportswriter to chronicle the battle over same-sex marriage

The journey to write “Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality” began April 3, 2009, when the Iowa Supreme Court granted gays and lesbians the right…
May 27, 2015

Mainstreaming and Diversity Are Gannett’s Core Values

But these programs ‘are not without controversy.’
September 15, 2003

In Sports Reporting, When Does the Personal Become News?

Boundaries seem much harder to find and a lot easier to cross.
September 15, 1999

Golf Offers a Window on Our Changing World

Preferred Lies and Other Tales: Skimming the Cream of a Life in SportsJack WhitakerSimon and Schuster. 272 Pages. $24.There is a movie scene that haunts just about every serious sportswriter…
March 15, 1999