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
- 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
- '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