Fred Knapp
Senior Reporter/Producer
Fred Knapp has reported on Nebraska for more than 30 years, covering the Legislature, state government and a wide range of stories across the state – first as a newspaper reporter for The Lincoln Journal Star and, since 2001, in public broadcasting for what’s now Nebraska Public Media. A native of New Jersey (Exit 143A), Fred is a graduate of Yale, Columbia and several STOP classes. In his spare time, he enjoys taking road trips and lots of pictures.
Recent News Stories
- Harr is new face in Omaha delegation
- Lower Republican plan could hit upstream districts
- Nebraska tops 1.8 million
- Fortenberry splits with delegation on tax bill
- Higher ed and human services would bear brunt of cuts
- Heineman: Change CIR
- Census shows housing, poverty, other information
- College access touted, but state scholarships may be cut
- More concerns over child welfare changes
- Johanns Leaning in Favor of Tax Deal
- Medical group touts pop tax, breastfeeding law
- Senators preview budget pain
- Lt. Govs. face homeland security challenges
- Child welfare privatization continuing
- Nelson: court decision vindicates his anti-abortion postion
- Fortenberry comments on Haiti election
- Windpower provides physics lessons
- Nebraska births exceed deaths by largest number in 27 years
- Sexual assault revictimization to be studied
- Nebraska unemployment rate 4.7 percent
- Omaha Public Power to buy electricity from Broken Bow wind farm
- Legislature to examine child welfare reform
- Governor defends child welfare privatization
- USDA, Nebraska group talk rural development
- Omaha to be site of Sudanese voting