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
- Drug makers laud Nelson in ads
- Conservative group targets Nelson in health ads
- Fortenberry holds health care meeting
- State Medicaid computer contract questioned
- Republican River well restrictions discussed
- Stronger graduation requirements urged
- OPPD indefinitely postpones power plant expansion
- Congressional delegation talks health to business group
- Nelson open to public option as "fallback."
- Nelson's Omaha health care town hall mostly civil
- New map shows H1N1 swine flu activity
- $40M weatherization stimulus funds unspent
- Judges speak on prison overcrowding
- Friend to be new violence prevention director
- State says it will stop reporting HIN1 swine flu numbers
- Republican River dispute part of meeting
- Wind tower safety to be taught
- Public weighs in on swine flu vaccinations
- Report sees signs of economic turnaround in Nebraska
- Change said needed in American diet
- Bigger insurance discounts proposed for wellness program participants
- Wellness to be focus of Lincoln congressional hearing
- Gallup says Nebraska trending Democratic
- Minority swine flu cases follow pattern
- Midwest economy growing, but job, inflation worries persist