Meghan O'Brien
News Intern
Meghan O’Brien is a student news reporter at Nebraska Public Media and a junior studying journalism and English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She joined the newsroom in January 2024. Meghan also currently reports for the culture section at the Daily Nebraskan and will be taking on the role of managing editor at the DN in the fall. Outside of reporting, she’s usually cheering on the Huskers or reading.
Recent News Stories
- Kearney community comes through for theater that lost grant, organizers still concerned about funding
- Two bodies recovered from Missouri River during search
- Nebraska students use technology to innovate at Design Studio Showcase
- Nebraska’s public health director resigns after 4 years
- UNMC opens sixth behavioral health education site in Lincoln
- Opioid reduction program paused after funding cut
- Many Nebraskans are struggling to find dental coverage, even with more dentists accepting Medicaid
- Rural Nebraska health centers awarded $600,000 to improve care access
- Blizzard conditions expected for much of Nebraska late Tuesday night
- Nebraska AG clarifies state's involvement in suit aimed at disability protections law
- Pillen appoints interim director of NDEE
- UNK football on probation following recruitment violations
- Federal grant and loan freeze confuses Nebraska healthcare leaders
- State leaders address federal pause on grants and loans
- UNMC to accept international nursing students on additional campuses
- Decline in drug overdose deaths is still concerning to DEA officials
- DHHS reports first pediatric flu death in Nebraska
- Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center opens new location in central Nebraska
- UNMC partners with Mid-Plains Community College to grow workforce
- Data suggests no Nebraska hospitals comply with federal price transparency rule
- Survey available for Nebraska livestock producers to share feedback
- Finding mental health services can be hard for new Americans. Bilingual therapists hope to change that
- NPPD announces 2% rate increase for 2025
- Madonna Rehab to offer long COVID seminar for second year
- Summer EBT program sees success, looks to future of program