Local 5/WOI
Parker currently works as a show producer at Local 5/WOI in Des Moines. He started as the Midday producer, producing the 45 minute Midday newscast at 11 a.m.
He was later moved to take over the morning show, Good Morning Iowa, which airs from 5-7 am on channel 5, as well as an additional 7-9 am exclusively on WOI’s streaming app, WeAreIowa+.
You can find an assortment of clips from shows Parker has produced here.
Travel + Leisure
During his senior year at Drake, Parker had the opportunity to work as an editorial apprentice at Travel + Leisure, a brand of People Inc., formerly Dotdash Meredith.
At T+L, Parker did an assortment of tasks, from first-round edits of stories, to fact-checking stories, to writing sidebars and small pieces that were published across multiple issues of T+L. Check out his T+L published works below.
Drake Political Review
Parker was a writer, editor, and eventually served as Editor-in-Chief of the Drake Political Review magazine. DPR is a nonpartisan political journal that covers political stories from Iowa all the way to global. DPR commits itself to honest, non-biased political coverage from an angle that matters to college students.
Below you’ll find a PDF of the fall 2024 issue and spring 2025 issue, and other snippets of stories Parker has published in previous magazines.
KCCI
During the summer of 2024, Parker worked as a digital media intern at KCCI-TV in Des Moines. KCCI is owned by Hearst and affiliated with CBS.
In his role, he mainly helped maintain the website, clipping news stories from the broadcast to upload, and writing digital exclusives. Check out a couple of those digital pieces here.
Times-Delphic
Parker was a staff writer and served as the News Editor of the Times-Delphic, Drake’s student-run newspaper. He has published an assortment of stories that can be found here.
All Published Content
-
Battle of the Ds: Drake sues DMACC, countersuit ignites legal firestorm
Drake University is suing Des Moines Area Community College, claiming it violated Drake’s copyright with its new ‘D’ logo. DMACC is counter suing Drake for defamation in response to claims made in Drake’s lawsuit. Drake sues DMACC Drake filed suit against DMACC in district court on July 8, claiming DMACC had infringed on Drake’s federally…
-
Iowa State Fair 2024 daily guide: What to eat, drink, see and do at the fairgrounds
Click here to read original article, please note the original piece may have since been updated, what’s written below is the original copy Parker wrote in August 2024. DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa State Fair is back for another 11 days of fun. This year’s fair, with a theme of “Fair Fever,” runs from…
-
First NASCAR Cup Series in Newton: Everything you need to know about Iowa Speedway’s NASCAR weekend
Click here to read original article, please note the original piece may have since been updated, what’s written below is the original copy Parker wrote in June 2024. NEWTON, Iowa — NASCAR’s top drivers are in Iowa this weekend for the first Cup Series race at Newton’s Iowa Speedway. The three-day NASCAR weekend started Friday…
-
Republican Civil War: What’s the future of the GOP?
The Grand Old Party has shifted dramatically since the days of Lincoln. What is the direction of the Republican Party going forward? On Wednesday, March 6, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley dropped out of the race after lackluster results on Super Tuesday. Haley only won the District of Columbia and Vermont. Donald Trump won the…
-
Students discuss campus safety in prep for relays
Recent violence around Drake University’s campus has made some students feel uneasy about the neighborhood. However, there is no evidence to suggest there’s a substantial rise in violent crime around Drake. On Feb. 18, a campus-wide alert was sent out to all students and faculty at Drake that shots were fired from vehicles traveling southbound…
-
Voters react to Biden vs. Trump rematch
President Joe Biden will take on former president Donald Trump in this year’s general election in a repeat of 2020. On March 6, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley dropped out of the race after a lackluster performance during Super Tuesday. Haley only won the District of Columbia and Vermont while Trump won the other 15…
-
Drake alum Dan Marburger killed in school shooting
On Jan. 4, 2024, the small town of Perry, Iowa — located about 40 miles north of Des Moines — suffered a tragic school shooting. One student died, and seven other faculty and students were injured in the shooting. Among the wounded was Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger, who, according to eyewitness accounts, put…
-
Nikki Haley rises in polls, voters react
Former South Carolina governor and current Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley continues to gain support among the Republican Party, especially those labeling themselves anti-Trump Republicans. According to Project FiveThirtyEight, a national bipartisan polling system owned by ABC News, Haley gained about three points after her performance in the third Republican primary debate held on Nov. 8.…
-
Confusion in Meredith raises questions about Drake’s emergency preparedness
On Monday, Oct. 9, at 7:18 p.m., students and faculty received a Bulldog Alert regarding a juvenile who had been flashing what was revealed to be a toy gun around Meredith Hall. Before the campus alert went out, some students and faculty in Meredith Hall fled to the basement for cover while others stayed put…
-
A Tale of Two Sinking Ships
111 years after the tragic sinking of the Titanic that claimed more than 1500 lives, it is still making headlines and overshadowing other disasters including the deaths of hundreds more migrants in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece. On June 14, 2023 a ship designed for 500 passengers but carrying 750 capsized and sank…