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
- "It Feels Like Every Day We Have a Lesser Chance of Controlling It": COVID-19 Hits Hall County Hard
- Thousands of Nebraskans Battle Diabetes
- Feeling Ill: COVID-19 or Just Allergies?
- COVID-19 Still Driving High Unemployment Insurance Filings in Nebraska
- Nebraska Education Commissioner Talks About COVID-19 Impacts on Teaching and Learning
- COVID-19 Peak Ahead, Smaller Peak Possible in Fall
- How Nebraska Is Handling Record Unemployment Claims, and Common Questions About Benefits
- 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
Recent Media Contributions
- What If...: SheMate
- What If...: Innovator Insights senior Nadine Morrison
- What If...: Innovator Insights senior Shane Farritor
- What If...: Innovator Insights junior Opendorse team
- What If...: Innovator Insights senior Keith Fix
- What If...: Innovator Insights senior Grain Weevil team
- What If...: Innovator Insights senior Opendorse team
- What If...: American Outlaws US Soccer Cheer
- What If...: Innovator Insights junior Shane Farritor
- What If...: Innovator Insights senior Katy Ayers
- What If...: Innovator Insights junior Katy Ayers
- What If...: Innovator Insights junior Nadine Morrison
- What If...: Innovator Insights senior American Outlaws team
- What If...: Innovator Insights senior Teresa Friesen
- What If...: Innovator Insights junior Grain Weevil team
- What If...: Innovator Insights junior American Outlaws team
- What If...: Innovator Insights junior Teresa Friesen
- What If...: Innovator Insights junior Keith Fix
- What If...: BigRedSat Balloon Launch
- What If...: SheMate and Title IX
- Nebraska Stories: Ashton Lambie
- NSAA State Speech Championships: Best of the Best 2022
- Nebraska Stories: Bringing Them Home
- Nebraska Stories: Mushroom Canoe
- What If...: Offutt Lab, Fungus Creations, Retail Aware, Grain Weevil