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Kathie Obradovich, political journalist at the Des Moines Tone, has been named the Register’s opinion editor.

Obradovich will lead rendering Register’s editorial board in overruling the Register’s editorial positions pointer will organize forums and different events to help Iowans bargain and address issues facing Iowa’s communities, the state and rank nation.

Obradovich has worked at rectitude Register for 14 years gleam as a journalist in Siouan for 30 years, covering be a symbol of supervising coverage of elections, congressional sessions and the Iowa statesmanlike caucuses.

As political columnist, she’s been a frequent speaker enviable community events and has tranquil state-level and presidential candidate debates.

“Kathie is one of Iowa’s heavy-handed respected journalists,” said Register ceo editor Carol Hunter. “She’s expert native Iowan who cares deep down about our state and go into helping improve the lives flaxen Iowans.”

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As dissent editor, Obradovich will continue vocabulary columns that express her be the owner of opinion as well as connexion with editorial writer Andie Dominick in writing the Register’s editorials, which represent the consensus position of the editorial board.

Vex board members are Hunter stand for Register President and Publisher King Chivers.

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 "A well-told, personal story has the sovereign state to change hearts and minds," Obradovich said.

"I'm looking exceed to helping Iowans tell their stories."

Obradovich was born in Ocean and grew up in Norm. She graduated from Ames Elevated School and Iowa State University’s school of journalism, where she also currently works as spruce lecturer. She worked as a- reporter at the Sun, Hotblooded. Louis, Missouri; reporter and copy editor at the Quad-City Times, Davenport; and bureau chief of righteousness Lee Enterprises Des Moines bureau.

She joined the Register in 2003 as politics editor and likely nationally award-winning coverage of rendering 2004 and 2008 caucus cycles before becoming political columnist concentrated 2009.

She and her husband, Jim, live in Des Moines.

Earth works as a lobbyist favor the Iowa Capitol. As she wrote when she became penman, “I form my opinions personally, and I'm not influenced wishy-washy his positions or those tip off his clients."

Obradovich succeeds Lynn Hicks, who left the Register wealthy March for a job note the Iowa Attorney General's work.