Kassidy Arena
Senior Reporter
Kassidy Arena joined Nebraska Public Media in 2023 as the senior reporter after covering Latino, Spanish-speaking and immigrant communities for Iowa Public Radio and Report for America and after serving as an Engagement Producer at KBIA in mid-Missouri. Her work has appeared throughout the Midwest, NPR, Here & Now and PRX’s The World. She grew up in Omaha, but attended the University of Missouri-Columbia with a major in Convergence Journalism, Radio Reporting and Producing.
Recent News Stories
- Spanish-speaking parent support group continues its pilot program
- Meet the woman keeping Madison County history alive
- Nebraska Supreme Court hears case for restoring voting rights to people with felony convictions
- Fremont High School adds skills labs to improve employment opportunities
- Nonprofit for Indigenous women expands its reach with new director
- Voting rights for Nebraskans with felony convictions remain uncertain
- Second bilingual preschool and childcare location opening in Lincoln
- Gering’s Japanese Hall highlights little-known history and boosts local tourism
- A decade after genocide: Yazidi community finds sanctuary in Lincoln after fleeing Iraq
- Crete community rallies in support of family devastated by shooting
- Fremont residents say community embraces diversity, despite ordinance requiring legal status to rent property
- Immigration and workforce summit will focus on creating more inclusive workplaces
- Juneteenth timing intersects with Pride Month. Here's how that looks for one Nebraskan with ties to both
- Scotts Bluff National Monument to host its first naturalization ceremony
- Organizer of environmental justice program seeks to expand to more cities
- State Board of Education approves changes to Textbook Loan Program
- Nebraska health organization hopes to increase HPV vaccination completion rate
- An American Red Cross worker is striving to connect with Spanish speakers in Nebraska and Iowa
- Results for the District 2 primary election could redefine an urban Nebraska Republican
- An Omaha refugee resettlement agency is expanding to Lincoln to meet increased need
- Nebraska adds Commission on Asian American Affairs to improve representation
- Midwest civil rights advocates address the state of human rights in the region
- A month after Baltimore bridge collapse, Nebraskans are reminded of immigrant workforce conditions at home
- District 2 Republican candidates earn several opposing endorsements
- Statewide listening sessions launch the beginning of the plan to eliminate Nebraska’s disability services waiting list