Jackie Ourada
Managing editor
Jackie Ourada is the Managing Editor for the Nebraska Public Media newsroom and host of the Nebraska Update, the newsroom's daily news podcast. She's reported on topics ranging from government and politics to agriculture and health. She previously hosted Nebraska Public Media's Morning Edition and All Things Considered programs. Before her time with Nebraska Public Media, she reported for other Nebraska newsrooms, including KETV, 10/11 News and KFOR. Jackie is a retired Crete Cardinal and Husker alum.
Recent News Stories
- 2 Huskers, 2 Bluejays picked up in Major League Volleyball draft
- ‘Devastating shock’: Residents, city leaders wonder what’s next for Lexington after Tyson closure announcement
- Humanities Nebraska scaling back operations following federal funding pull
- Nebraska lawmakers tried changing voter-approved laws. A new effort wants to tamp down on that
- Husker Hannah? Athletic Director says there's 'zero interest'
- Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission seeking input on cannabis manufacturing
- After months of concern, UNL Faculty Senate to consider 'no confidence' resolution
- Ahead of another looming session of budget cuts, lawmakers pledge to not increase taxes
- Nebraska organizations seeing increase in severe cases of intimate partner violence
- 3 Husker volleyball players are semifinalists for AVCA Player of the Year
- Second Democrat enters 1st Congressional District race
- Nebraska state senators join national leaders in push for extending ACA credits, reversing health care cuts
- Dick Cheney, Nebraska native who served as vice president, dies at 84
- Nebraska communities, neighbors work to fill food assistance need during SNAP pause
- Nebraska woman sues Nebraska DHHS over partisan message on website homepage
- New group in rural Nebraska town hopes to bring people together amid rise in political violence
- Nebraska-based Union Pacific donates to White House ballroom construction
- Some Nebraskans’ Affordable Care Act monthly premium payments could jump by thousands if tax credits are allowed to expire
- Nebraska officials release details of contract to turn McCook facility into ICE detention center
- US Rep. Mike Flood discusses federal shutdown, Farm Bill
- Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, found admiration for Nebraska Sandhills
- A banner year for Nebraska crop farmers could be washed by tariff turmoil
- Mosquitoes test positive for Cache Valley Virus in 2 Nebraska health districts
- $72 million law enforcement center bond fails in Buffalo County, other tax increases approved in 3 Nebraska elections
- Several rounds of summer rain brought Nebraska back from the brink of severe drought