A native of Kansas City, Kansas, Ty Rushing has been making a name for himself as a reporter in the Hawkeye State since 2013.
He broke barriers as the first Black reporter and/or editor at eight Iowa print publications across the state.
Throughout this journey, Ty has done everything from writing about his experiences as a Black transplant adjusting to living in Iowa to penning heart-warming features to profiling prominent community leaders and politicians from the central part of the state all the way to its northwest corner.
Ty has been featured as a guest and subject on MSNBC, Iowa Public Television, Iowa Public Radio, and other media outlets.
Ty wrote, produced, and directed his first documentary film, "Telling Our Own Story: Ending Racism," in conjunction with Iowa PBS. The film would later be nominated for an Emmy.
In 2022, Ty wrote, produced, and directed his first film, "Telling Our Own Story: Ending Racism," in conjunction with Iowa PBS. The documentary was nominated for a 2023 Upper Midwest Emmy. He received the 2024 Greenlee/Kappa Tau Alpha Diversity & Inclusion Award from the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University.
Rushing is the co-founder and president of the Iowa Association of Black Journalists and previously served as chief political correspondent of Iowa Starting Line. He resides with his wife in the Iowa City area and is a journalism professor at the University of Iowa.The 30-something writer, social media expert and public speaker is always up for a challenge.
His writing can be found at: www.newtondailynews.com, siouxcityjournal.com, www.nwestiowa.com, www.vice.com, and iowastartingline.com.
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