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
- Judges speak on prison overcrowding
- State says it will stop reporting HIN1 swine flu numbers
- Friend to be new violence prevention director
- Wind tower safety to be taught
- Republican River dispute part of meeting
- Public weighs in on swine flu vaccinations
- Report sees signs of economic turnaround in Nebraska
- Bigger insurance discounts proposed for wellness program participants
- Change said needed in American diet
- Wellness to be focus of Lincoln congressional hearing
- Gallup says Nebraska trending Democratic
- Johanns criticizes health care attacks on Nelson
- Minority swine flu cases follow pattern
- Midwest economy growing, but job, inflation worries persist
- Some Post Offices may close
- Nelson proposes Federal Reserve audit
- Fairmont woman talks health care with Obama
- Two named to leadership in HHS
- Swine flu cases high among minority groups
- Nelson noncommital on health legislation
- Johanns calls for more than rhetoric in climate change legislation
- Group questions North Platte drug testing
- Help for high electric bills available
- Flu cases jump in Nebraska
- Johanns cautions on health care