Dave Busiek

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Aug 27, 2022

Dave Busiek, Iowa Writers’ Collaborative member

I am honored to welcome Dave Busiek to the columnist ranks of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative, an initiative a bunch of us started to provide commentary and original reporting for readers interested in our state. After 29 years as news director for KCCI-TV, he retired in 2018. We have lured him back to storytelling, to our collective benefit.

Dave Busiek on Media

Stumbling into a 40-year Mystery

Through sheer happenstance, I was the first journalist to stumble upon the scene of a tragic set of circumstances, that 40 years later is still a deep wound on our state that time has not healed. On the Sunday morning before Labor Day, my wife and I were driving to church in West Des Moines. One block from the church parking lot, I saw some people and a…

3 years ago · 2 likes · 2 comments · Dave Busiek

We have professionals from Davenport, Carroll, Bussey, Okoboji, Jefferson, Des Moines, Storm Lake, and Lovilla, soon to be adding members from Denison and Dubuque.

We link readers to writers. It’s that simple. Members of the collaborative are independent columnists with a separate subscriber base. We grow by referring our readers to other members of the collaborative. Through an alliance with Iowa Capital Dispatch, our work will appear both there and can be available to newspapers throughout Iowa, with attribution and a link back to the writers’ column.

Busiek’s first column portends the perspective he will bring to his writing. He is a consummate professional who built the Number One television news team in central Iowa.

To get a sense of what he will bring to his writing, check out the retirement story below, created by his colleagues. You will get a sense of the respect he earned from his news team.