Clay Masters
Clay Masters is Iowa Public Radio’s Morning Edition host and lead political reporter. He was part of a team of member station political reporters who covered the 2016 presidential race for NPR. He also covers environmental issues.
Clay joined the Iowa Public Radio newsroom as a statehouse correspondent in 2012 and started hosting Morning Edition in 2014. Clay is an award-winning multi-media journalist whose radio stories have been heard on various NPR and American Public Media programs.
He was one of the founding reporters of Harvest Public Media, the regional journalism consortium covering agriculture and food production in the Midwest. He was based in Lincoln, Nebraska where he worked for Nebraska’s statewide public radio and television network.
He’s also an occasional music contributor to NPR’s arts desk.
Clay’s favorite NPR program is All Things Considered.
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It's almost the new year, which means states across the country will enact thousands of new laws from new tax structures to prenatal leave. -
Vice President Harris faces continued criticism from some inside her own party about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. How are protest voters that showed up in Democratic primary elections feeling now? -
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a series of progressive policies into law while in office. Democrats hope his record is a boon to the presidential ticket, but Republicans say he's too liberal. -
The Florida governor went all in on Iowa and tried the traditional ground game that has paid off for past caucus winners — campaigning in all of Iowa's 99 counties. -
It used to be all about 99 counties - visiting every single one in Iowa while campaigning. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis just did it. But former President Donald Trump still remains the front-runner. -
As Republicans barnstorm the state, a high-profile visit by Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was designed to bolster enthusiasm for an Iowa Democratic Party that hasn't had the easiest few years. -
Iowa's popular Republican governor's endorsement is highly coveted in the Iowa Caucus. A source familiar with the matter confirms Reynolds will put her political power behind Florida Gov. DeSantis. -
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has moved most of his campaign resources to Iowa. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is vising the Hawkeye state more too. But Donald Trump remains the front runner. -
At the Family Leader summit in Des Moines, GOP presidential hopefuls will try to convince Iowa's influential evangelical voting bloc they have the conservative credentials to win the caucuses. -
Republicans are showing up in Iowa early and often, trying to stand out against the big personality that former President Donald Trump brings to the GOP primary.
