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
- New Teachers Fielding Multiple Job Offers as Workforce Shrinks
- Shooting in Downtown Lincoln Injures Three
- Nebraska Congressional District 3 Faceoff Set
- Outgoing Board of Education Member Reflects on Changing Education Environment
- UNMC Monitoring Rise in New COVID-19 Variants in South Africa
- Nearly 6,000 Voters Joined Nebraska GOP One Month Before Primary
- In 2014, Ricketts Won The Gubernatorial Primary with Just 60K Votes. Will 2022 be Just as Close?
- Meet Nebraska's Democratic, Libertarian Candidates for Governor
- Meet Nebraska's Republican Candidates for Governor
- Nebraska GOP Gains 2,000 Voters Ahead of May Primary Election
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- Humvee Fire with Explosives Closes Western Nebraska Highways
- Staffing and Funding Trouble Close Another Nebraska Nursing Home
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- National Library Week: Lincoln Public Libraries
- National Library Week: Omaha Public Library
- Reducing Regulations May Ramp Up Nebraska's Nursing Pipeline
- Tension, Stress and Burnout: Nursing Center Workers Still Recovering from Morale-busting COVID Wave
- Hundreds of Nebraskans Couldn't Get Medical Care During Latest COVID Surge
- Ukrainian Man in Lincoln Trying to Keep in Contact with Wife, Parents in Kyiv
- Why Nebraska's Legal Argument for Canal Might Not Hold Water
- Colorado Governor Spokesperson: Nebraska’s "Canal to Nowhere” a “Boondoggle”
- Climatologist: Warm, Dry Winter Sets Stage for Summer Drought
- Confusion Reigns on Both Sides of Proposed Nebraska-Colorado Canal
- Legislature's Appropriations Chair Questions Perkins Canal Spending