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 was car vs airplane in a 1915 Nebraska State Fair race
- Nebraska Coach Mike Riley talks about transition, the spotlight and 2015 Huskers
- The odd story of Fairbury’s “Flat Car Baby” and the Nebraska State Fair
- Housing Nebraska’s homeless, and how one Omaha couple got out of a tent camp
- Asians the Fastest-Growing Population Group in Nebraska
- Health Care Fraud Costs Nebraska Millions
- Nebraska Airman to Be Buried Monday, 70+ Years After His WWII Death
- The Nebraska Boat Builder Who “Won the War for Us”
- Nebraska Attorney General names Human Trafficking Coordinator
- New Effort to Fight Sex Trafficking: Training Hotel Workers
- National Team Dreams: Omaha HS Soccer Star Working Toward a Big Goal
- Two South Vietnamese Naval Officers Reunite in Nebraska After 40 Years
- "We Were Good Soldiers": War Stories from Nebraska Vietnam Veterans
- Still Fighting After 40 Years
- "It got scary:" Nebraska National Guard soldiers reflect on ambush in Iraq, 10 years later
- Steady economic growth, new jobs in construction and other areas in Nebraska long-range forecast
- Counting and caring for Nebraska's homeless population
- Big Risks to Starting a Business Worth It For Many Latino Entrepreneurs
- Gang expert talks about the problem and solutions after gang violence outbreak in Omaha
- Growth, challenges and opportunities for Hispanic/Latino business owners in Nebraska
- Long-Term Economic Forecast Positive for Nebraska
- High School Students Learn to Fight Cybercrime
- Johanns reflects on his term in the U.S. Senate and three decades in politics
- BEST OF 2014: Generations of Nebraska Warriors, Challenges
- BEST OF 2014: "All Hell Can't Stop Us", Nebraska Soldiers Fight One of the Bloodiest Battles of World War II
Recent Media Contributions
- Speaking of Nebraska: Farm economy
- Speaking of Nebraska: Opioid Abuse
- Speaking of Nebraska: Hispanic-Latino Population
- Speaking of Nebraska: Emerald Ash Borer Impact
- Nebraska Stories: Big-Time Radio in Clay Center
- Nebraska Stories: Nebraska's Deadliest Storm
- Nebraska Stories: Picturing Rodeo
- Nebraska Stories: Everest Revisited
- News: Sold for Sex: Survivor Stories
- Nebraska Stories: 2000 Souls
- News: Sold for Sex: Trafficking in Nebraska
- Stephen O'Meara on Fighting Trafficking
- Research on Nebraska's Commercial Sex Industry
- Anna Brewer on How Trafficking Happens
- A Trafficker's Perspective; Ramon Heredia
- Rachel's Story
- Laura's Story
- Sakura's Story
- Trafficking in Rural Nebraska
- Trafficking Awareness
- Classroom Conversations: How to Vote
- Classroom Conversations: Nebraska's Death Penalty Vote
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