{{Short description|American journalist (1938–2020)}} {{Infobox person |name = Dean Borg |image = |caption = |birth_name = Eldean A. Borg |birth_date = April 21, 1938 |birth_place = Forest City, Iowa, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and given age|2020|03|22|81}} |death_place = Iowa City, Iowa |nationality = |education = Iowa State University<br/>University of Iowa |occupation = Journalist; Air Force Public Affairs officer |known_for = |spouse = Sheila Borg; Linda Borg (married Aug. 31, 1957; died Sept. 21, 1973) |children = 4 sons, 1 daughter |parents = Albert and Addie Borg }} '''Eldean Borg''' (April 21, 1938 – March 22, 2020) was an American journalist. He was the host of ''Iowa Press'' on Iowa PBS from 1971 to 2017, and "one of the most respected journalists in Iowa."<ref name="desmoinesregisterobit">{{cite news |last1=Joens |first1=Philip |title=Longtime 'Iowa Press' host Dean Borg dies at age 81 |url=https://desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2020/03/23/iowa-pbs-journalist-dean-borg-died-march-22-2020-age-81-pancreatic-cancer-iowa-press-host/2898668001/ |access-date=March 24, 2020 |work=Des Moines Register |date=March 23, 2020}}</ref><ref name="iowapublicradioobit">{{cite news |last1=Dillard |first1=Rob |title=Veteran Journalist Dean Borg Has Died At 81 |url=https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/veteran-journalist-dean-borg-has-died-81#stream/0 |access-date=March 24, 2020 |work=Iowa Public Radio |date=March 23, 2020}}</ref>
Borg, was a native of Forest City, Winnebago County, Iowa. He graduated in 1959, from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, where he was named Outstanding Broadcast Journalist.<ref name=":1" /> As a student, he worked at WOI radio, which is now part of Iowa Public Radio (IPR). He later also attended the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, where he earned his Masters of Public Administration.<ref name="iowapublicradioobit" />
After college, he served as a public information officer in the United States Air Force, where he flew on missions into the Panama Canal Zone just prior to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Borg left active duty in the early 1960s but continued to serve as an Air Force Public Affairs Reservist until his military retirement in 1995.
After serving in the military, Borg began his journalism career, working at WMT in Cedar Rapids, where he ultimately oversaw a workforce of thirty-four sports, weather and farm journalists, who broadcast news on television and radio.<ref>{{Cite web|title=WOI Radio|url=https://www.iowapublicradio.org/tags/woi-radio|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Iowa Public Radio|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917152355/https://www.iowapublicradio.org/tags/woi-radio|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also continued to report, including as a war correspondent in South Vietnam and Southeast Asia and from Paris for the Paris Peace Talks.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Munson|first=Kyle|title=Thanks, Dean Borg: Your distinguished past helps me worry less about journalism's future|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/columnists/kyle-munson/2017/02/11/thanks-dean-borg-your-distinguished-past-helps-me-worry-less-journalisms-future/97650536/|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Des Moines Register|language=en-US}}</ref>
Borg left WMT in 1971 to lead public information for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He also continued his broadcast career in 1972, becoming host of ''Iowa Press'', a weekly public affairs program, on Iowa Public Television, and eventually became the longest-serving host and moderator in Iowa PBS history; he retired in 2017.<ref name=":1" />
== Awards and recognition == Borg was the recipient of a number of awards during his career. A selection of his awards are listed below. * 2017 Inducted into the Gold Circle Honor Society, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Upper Midwest Region awards.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-22|title=Dean Borg Inducted into Gold Circle Honor Society by National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|url=http://www.iowapbs.org/about/iptv-news/dean-borg-inducted-gold-circle-honor-society-national-academy-television-arts-and|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Iowa PBS|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 2016 Winner of the James W. Schwartz Award for outstanding achievement in journalism, Iowa State University, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2016 Schwartz Award presented to Iowa Public Radio's Dean Borg|url=https://greenlee.iastate.edu/2016/10/31/2016-schwartz-award-presented-to-iowa-public-radios-dean-borg/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=greenlee.iastate.edu|date=31 October 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2012 Winner Mitchell V. Charnley Award, Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charnley Award {{!}} Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association|url=https://midwestjournalists.org/charnley-award/|access-date=2020-12-28|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2008 Winner of the Jack Shelley Award, Iowa Broadcast News Association.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jack Shelley Award – Iowa Broadcast News Association|url=https://ibna.org/awards/jack-shelley-award/|access-date=2020-12-28|language=en-US}}</ref> * 1991 Distinguished Alumni Citation, Iowa State University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Distinguished Alumni Award|url=https://www.isualum.org/s/565/17/interior.aspx?pgid=2506&gid=1|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.isualum.org|language=en}}</ref> * 1959 Winner Outstanding Broadcast Journalist, Iowa State University.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-03-23|title=Remembering Dean Borg|url=http://www.iowapbs.org/about/news/remembering-dean-borg|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Iowa PBS|language=en|archive-date=2020-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201150616/http://www.iowapbs.org/about/news/remembering-dean-borg|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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