Kassidy Arena
Senior Reporter
Kassidy Arena joined Nebraska Public Media in 2023 as the senior reporter after covering Latino, Spanish-speaking and immigrant communities for Iowa Public Radio and Report for America and after serving as an Engagement Producer at KBIA in mid-Missouri. Her work has appeared throughout the Midwest, NPR, Here & Now and PRX’s The World. She grew up in Omaha, but attended the University of Missouri-Columbia with a major in Convergence Journalism, Radio Reporting and Producing.
Recent News Stories
- Food bank opens on holiday unscheduled due to extreme weather conditions
- Citizenship classes expand to Crete amid rising need for the resource
- New study aims to understand health effects of discrimination in Latino communities
- End of Year Interview with Kassidy Arena
- The sights and sounds of Toyland: Lincoln families pick out gifts for the holidays
- Two new grants available to Nebraska childcare providers
- Indigenous, intergenerational sewing group empowers and heals through fashion
- New coalition aims to help eastern Nebraskans better understand federal economic policies
- The journey of Omaha’s official Christmas tree
- First of its kind fashion show will promote healing from historical traumas
- Nebraska homeschool numbers lower than pandemic peak, but continue to rise
- Official Christmas tree of Omaha moves from a La Vista family home to Union Station