The Des Moines Register
Front page of the May 3, 2011 edition | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | USA Today Co. |
| Editor | Rachel E. Stassen-Berger (June 2025'-Present) |
| Founded | 1849 (as The Iowa Star) |
| Headquarters | 400 Locust Street, Suite 500 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 USA |
| Circulation | 17,988 Average print circulation 6,256 Digital Subscribers |
| ISSN | 3068-2363 (print) 3068-2991 (web) |
| Website | desmoinesregister |
The Des Moines Register is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Formed through the development and merger of several 19th century newspapers, it began publishing under its current name in 1915. The paper came under the ownership of the publisher and holding company Gannett in 1985. It won its first Pulitzer Prize in 1924, and has since won 16 more, with the most recent coming in 2018 for editorial writing.