La Prensa Iowa newspaper is the the main source for Spanish-language news for a large swath of the Hawkeye State.

Its reporting is more essential than ever as the COVID-19 pandemic grips the Latino population in a public-health terror. What’s more, La Prensa is a key driver of information to other immigrant communities in Iowa, whether from Asia or Africa, and the newspaper is known as a fierce, unrelenting voice for diversity in rural and urban Iowa.

Please consider donating during this time of great need for the production of accurate and reliable and timely news to a chronically underserved population. Funds raised through your generosity will be immediately directed to maintaining and expanding coverage of Iowa's immigrant communities and issues related to social-justice, economic and education stories surrounding their well-being and advancement in Iowa and other areas of our nation.

A native of Esteli, Nicaragua, Lorena E. López, the founder and editor of La Prensa, is a seasoned journalist. López started in television journalism in Nicaragua and hosted a popular talk-show for Channel 6, a primary station in her native nation.

López, who is bilingual, emigrated to the United States in the 1990s. She worked in a variety of positions, including as a nurse, before launching Denison, Iowa-based La Prensa with her son, Carlos Arguello, a Des Moines entrepreneur. López, the owner and primary writer and photographer for La Prensa, is frequently a guest or source for major national publications and news outlets, such as The Washington Post, The New York Times and Univision, where her views on Latinos in rural areas and observations on the Iowa presidential nominating process are highly sought.

She lives in Denison, and her office is located in same downtown building as the Donna Reed Center for The Performing Arts.

Lopez has assembled a diverse team at La Prensa that includes people from a variety of backgrounds.

For more information on La Prensa, please visit: www.laprensaiowa.com

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