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
- 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
- 'More Uncertainty': Nebraska Renters Lose Protections as Moratorium Ends
- Ongoing Staffing Shortage Closes Buffalo Bill Ranch in North Platte
- Lutheran Family Services Preparing to Welcome Refugees to Nebraska
- Neb Supreme Court: Governor Can Appoint Urban County Election Commissioners
- 'Absolutely the Right Call': UNL Teachers Allowed to Require Masks for Fall Classes
- More Nebraska School Districts Considering Mask Requirements
- Help Is Still Available for Tenants, Landlords After Eviction Moratorium Expires
- Wildfire Smoke Causing Unhealthy Air Quality in Nebraska
- 'I want to bring healing': Dr. Siobhan Wescott Named New American Indian Health Director at UNMC
- 'Night and Day Difference': Rodeo Customers Bringing Wild Economic Ride to Local Businesses
- 'We're only going to see that number increase': UNL Grad Student Tracking Growing Tick Population in Nebraska
- Bryan Hospital CMO: Most of the Hospital's COVID-19 Patients Not Vaccinated
- Online Petition Calls for Sentencing Minimum in Police Shootings