Mike Tobias
Senior Producer,
Mike Tobias has produced a wide range of engaging stories, documentaries and projects since joining Nebraska Public Media in 2000. His content for television, radio and digital distribution has earned dozens of awards, including three regional Emmys, and aired nationally on PBS and NPR programs. Among other projects, Tobias currently hosts and produces a series on innovation and creativity in Nebraska, “What If…”
Recent News Stories
- How to Clean and Manage Surfaces to Avoid Coronavirus
- Scottsbluff Monument Honors Mexican-American Soldiers From Nebraska's Panhandle
- How an Ainsworth Teen Is Reviving the Story of Brothers Who Died in World War II
- Innovative UNMC, UNO Programs Improve Health Care in Different Ways
- “Thinking Differently” Helps Ord Thrive
- William, Luther and Cody
- A 1945 Tractor Connects the First and Last Homesteaders
- Sally Bard’s World War I Letters
- How "Laura’s" Chicago Trip Turned Into Sex Trafficking
- Helping people living in poverty eat healthier (and save money)
- How the Backpage shutdown impacted the commercial sex industry and trafficking
- What’s working, what’s still needed in Nebraska’s fight against human trafficking
- Nebraska DACA Recipients Watch Courts and Congress
- Why more Nebraskans are registering non-partisan, and how this impacts Nebraska politics
- Canadian Official on NAFTA and Trading with Nebraska
- "A large black cloud appeared to be coming our way": the deadly 1933 Tryon Tornado
- Annual count shows homelessness decline in Lincoln
- Knitting, rolling bandages, quilt raffles (and $5,000 wool): Nebraska’s WWI homefront
- Nebraska's U.S. Senate Race: Fischer, Raybould, Schultz Advance
- Bad news for one party, good news for another in Nebraska voter registration numbers
- Profile: Senate Candidate Jeffrey Stein
- Profile: Senate Candidate Dennis Macek
- Profile: Senate Candidate Frank Svoboda
- Profile: Senate Candidate Jane Raybould
- Profile: Senate Candidate Todd Watson
Recent Media Contributions
- Root Research
- On the Go Gelato
- Upstream Farms
- Shrimp Farming
- Feya Candles
- Experimental Music
- Storm Chasing
- Innovator Insights Brugger Brothers
- Innovator Insights Cydney Franklin
- Innovator Insights Scott Pretzer
- Innovator Insights Sarah Hardin
- Innovator Insights Tina Diaz-Ciechomski
- Innovator Insights Cassie Lapaseotes
- Innovator Insights Garry Clark
- Innovator Insights Jeff Slobotski
- Innovator Insights Mailani Veney
- Innovator Insights Stacey Barelos
- Innovator Insights Sarah Spitsen
- Innovator Insights On the Go Gelato
- Innovator Insights Ben Blecha
- Tom Field on Entrepreneurs
- Entrepreneurs Panel
- Coffee, Bikes, & Bright Futures
- Beating Diabetes
- The Boys from the Barrio