Matt Olberding
News director
Matt Olberding joined Nebraska Public Media as news director in 2025 after nearly 30 years in the newspaper industry. Prior to joining the team, Matt spent 20 years as a reporter and editor at the Lincoln Journal Star and also has worked at the Columbus Telegram and Tampa Bay Times. He is a Lincoln native and graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Recent News Stories
- Pillen to sign order suspending tax incentives for data center projects in Nebraska
- Cases of intestinal illness have doubled in Nebraska
- Dan Osborn has qualified for Nebraska Senate race
- Omaha joins Lincoln in restoring $15 minimum wage for all workers
- Brett Lindstrom to run for Nebraska governor as independent
- CDC reports cases of illness causing 'explosive diarrhea' in Nebraska
- Nebraska's winter wheat production could hit historic low this year
- Gov. Jim Pillen calls for budget cuts, hiring freeze in new memo
- Nebraska to drop SNAP restrictions on soda after court ruling
- Report details Nebraska's heavy loss of food processing jobs
- Lincoln surgeon faces disciplinary action over alleged sexual misconduct
- Pillen OKs Nebraska medical cannabis regulations
- Group pushing online sports betting turns in more signatures than needed to get on Nebraska ballot
- Hilgers signs off on Nebraska medical cannabis laws
- Nebraska adds another Memorial Stadium concert, this time after a game
- Omaha meat processing plant announces plans to close
- Current, former Nebraskans indicted in federal healthcare fraud crackdown
- Disaster declaration sought for May storm damage in Nebraska
- As northwest Nebraska fire grows, governor announces grant to pay firefighting costs
- Nebraska Panhandle fire grows as federal task force arrives
- Nebraska auditor report alleges possible fraud in WIC program
- Heat advisory issued for eastern Nebraska on Tuesday
- Google gives $3 million to MUD to reduce water use in Omaha
- Five quarantined cruise ship passengers have left Omaha
- Nebraska softball falls to Texas, crashes out of Women's College World Series