Jackie Ourada
Managing editor
Jackie Ourada is the Managing Editor for the Nebraska Public Media newsroom and host of the Nebraska Update, the newsroom's daily news podcast. She's reported on topics ranging from government and politics to agriculture and health. She previously hosted Nebraska Public Media's Morning Edition and All Things Considered programs. Before her time with Nebraska Public Media, she reported for other Nebraska newsrooms, including KETV, 10/11 News and KFOR. Jackie is a retired Crete Cardinal and Husker alum.
Recent News Stories
- Dick Cheney, Nebraska native who served as vice president, dies at 84
- Nebraska communities, neighbors work to fill food assistance need during SNAP pause
- Nebraska woman sues Nebraska DHHS over partisan message on website homepage
- New group in rural Nebraska town hopes to bring people together amid rise in political violence
- Nebraska-based Union Pacific donates to White House ballroom construction
- Some Nebraskans’ Affordable Care Act monthly premium payments could jump by thousands if tax credits are allowed to expire
- Nebraska officials release details of contract to turn McCook facility into ICE detention center
- US Rep. Mike Flood discusses federal shutdown, Farm Bill
- Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, found admiration for Nebraska Sandhills
- A banner year for Nebraska crop farmers could be washed by tariff turmoil
- Mosquitoes test positive for Cache Valley Virus in 2 Nebraska health districts
- $72 million law enforcement center bond fails in Buffalo County, other tax increases approved in 3 Nebraska elections
- Several rounds of summer rain brought Nebraska back from the brink of severe drought
- Heavy traffic holds up Husker fans on their way to season opener in Kansas City
- Report of armed suspect on Doane University campus determined to be swatting call
- All three Nebraska rural school bond measures fail in August special elections
- Nebraska Public Media's Dale Johnson inducted into Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame
- ‘The time is not now’ – Huskers put stadium renovation plans on hold, citing financial ‘trauma ahead’
- Renewable energy advocate running to represent Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District
- Lower vaccination rates, less funding could hinder Nebraska’s measles response as number of national cases grows
- ‘EPIC’ consumption tax group launching second bid for 2026 midterms
- Eastern Nebraska’s bur oak trees, known as the ‘King of the Great Plains,’ dying due to widespread drought
- Drought is pushing cattle out of pastures and into feed yards earlier than normal
- Gov. Jim Pillen announces bid for reelection
- Health officials say Nebraska’s public health budget cuts will lead to layoffs, service gaps