Des Moines Register

Pros: Great editorials, good local reporting
Cons: Excessive Iowa stories

I am one of those news junkies that has to get her fix of news each day. I enjoy watching CNN and MSNBC for the video/audio part of receiving news but for the most part my information comes from the Des Moines Register. I grew up in Des Moines but left...

Pros: Strong Iowa coverage, excellent investigative team, wide range of columnists, generally strong writing.
Cons: Stronger on Des Moines metro than rural coverage, some drift toward more frivolous topics.

The Des Moines Register is a well-organized, easy-to-read paper that, so far, has resisted the temptation to dramatically dumb down its coverage to meet the expectations of the television generation. It has a strong investigative department, and isn't ...

Pros: Easy read, wonderfully pieced together, and covers all that you could want
Cons: too many advertisements

The Des Moines Register layout is fantastic. Compared to many other newspapers that I have read, the paper is informative, the presentation is top notch, easy to read, and not mixed in a jumble.

Normally, if you have a story that is too long...

Pros: Sunday Paper Fair
Cons: To liberal

We have been subscribers of the Des Moines Register for many years, that is until a few years ago. This paper was locally owned by a Des Moines family until it was sold to the Gannet New Service, who own USA Today. We noticed the difference in the news...

Pros: Plenty of news
Cons: Less State Coverage

The Register handles the news well. It is well written, with a wide variety of news and features. The layout, which is very new, works well and looks good. Local, state, national and international news are handled in good proportions, and the paper is...

Pros: Well laid out, good coverage
Cons: sometimes slanted coverage

The Register is what you'd expect from a newspaper in the largest city in a state, as well as its capital. The Register covers the national news very well, and state and local news tends to center around Des Moines. Being a subscriber in the...

Pros: Iowa's Best
Cons: Unfocused

Iowa's best daily newspaper, bar none. With excellent coverage of sports, news, and life around the state, and plenty of national news, the Register is worth every cent every day.

The front page cartoons by Duffy, the excellent editorials by...

Pros: layout, writers, coverage
Cons: a sometimes liberal slant

The Des Moines Register has been one of America's leading newspapers for over a century, and its is the paper I read daily because of that coverage.

The Register's news coverage is always comprehensive and well balanced. There team of...