Jackie Ourada
Morning Edition Host & Reporter
"Morning Edition" host and reporter Jackie Ourada has been with Nebraska Public Media since 2021. She joined Nebraska's PBS and NPR stations after producing KETV newscasts in Omaha for two years and reporting for KFOR's newsroom in Lincoln while in college. Jackie is a native of Crete, Nebraska, and a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Recent News Stories
- Why Nebraska is Igniting a Western Water War with Colorado
- 'These Are People Just Like Us': Retiring State Archeologist Reflects on Nebraska Findings, Excavations
- 'We Just Wanted to Play': How Title IX Helped Nebraska Volleyball Thrive
- 'We've been in Crisis for a Long Time': Bryan Health CMO on Operating at Capacity, Monitoring Omicron
- "The Quality is Very Good:" Ricketts Defends Nebraska Roads
- UNL Chancellor Defends Diversity Plan Amid Governor's Accusations of White Discrimination
- Judge Moves Congressman Fortenberry’s Trial to February
- Nebraska Panhandle Counties Submit Emergency Declaration for 1,800-Acre Wildfire
- Grave Sites of Native American Children Still Unknown at Nebraska Boarding School
- Known Death Toll for Genoa Indian School Nears 100
- Archival Review Brings Known Genoa Indian School Death Toll to 59
- Protective Order Filed in Congressman Fortenberry's Federal Indictment Case
- Nebraska Chamber President Against Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, State Bans on Mandates
- Union Pacific, Workers Sue Each Other on Vaccination Requirements
- Sandhills Stargazing: How Astrotourism Could Be a Nebraska Moneymaker
- Some Striking Kellogg's Workers Returning to Work in Omaha
- Nebraska Tribes Honor First Official Indigenous Peoples' Day
- Rallies this Weekend Aim to Protest Recent Anti-Abortion Legislation
- Staff Shortage, Illnesses, Burnout: GIPS Superintendent Cancels School, Calls for Mental Health Day
- Republican Reprisal: GOP Leaders Criticize President, Call for Support in Upcoming Elections
- 'It's important that we all pull together': Senior US Strategic Command official talks about lessons learned after 9/11
- US Strategic Command official remembers 9/11 attacks 20 years later
- 'Flipped from Game Mode to Real Mode': US Strategic Command Chief of Defense Policy Reflects on 9/11
- Down the Pipes: How Sewage Tells Us Where COVID-19 is Spreading
- Omaha Organization Rescuing Animals from Hurricane Damage