Photos © Hilary Stohs-Krause, NET News
Traveled to two tiny towns near the NE-SD border on Tuesday for a story looking at what makes a town — the populations of the towns are 1 and 2 people, respectively. It’ll be airing on Nebraska Public Radio in a few weeks.
X-Rated: Women in Music radio show starting in about 5 minutes! »
Today is the first of two shows featuring the top non-local songs played on X-Rated in the last year. I’ve got Marina & the Diamonds, Gillian Welch, Cowboy Indian Bear, Neko Case, Lissie, Out Hud, Glasser, Blonde Redhead, Best Coast, Noisettes, Oh Land, Caroline Smith & the Goodnight Sleeps, Men, Austra, Bat for Lashes, Janelle Monae and more! 1:05 p.m. central to 3 p.m. central, streaming live online.
Nebraska musician Great American Desert (formerly South of Lincoln) put his music online for people to download - illegally.
The result? Find out in today’s Signature Story.
Turning the tables on traditional music marketing | NET News
Public radio is the BEST
Had an all-staff meeting today, which seemed to drag longer than usually (I’d forgotten to dress appropriately: ie, a skirt with a pocket for my phone). The email announcing the meeting promised a “barbecue lunch” would follow, but as a vegetarian, I naturally resigned myself to fruit and maybe some mediocre potato salad.
Imagine my surprise and delight when I discovered they were also offering boca burgers — AND COOKIES.
Nebraska Public Radio, you will always hold a special place in my heart.
Help: working on a story about preparing for death in the digital age
Do you guys know anyone who has registered with a company or employed some other means to handle their digital assets/social media/etc. after they die? Or someone whose family member DIDN’T, and the issues this may have caused?
Thanks!
hstohs-krause@netnebraska.org
Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system struggles to adapt to changing population »
“Female veterans have twice the rates of PTSD and depression as male veterans. One in five female VA patients has experienced sexual harassment or assault, known as military sexual trauma, compared with one in 100 men.”
Women's economic standing has improved, but challenges remain »
Did you know the gender wage gap in Nebraska is about ten cents worse than the national average? True story.
No easy answers to high rates of obesity among Nebraska's American Indians »
“For about two weeks, I was pretty devastated, of course,” he said. “But then you know, diabetes is kind of like a slap in the face. You’re too young to remember the screen doors, back before we had air conditioning, but the screen door had a big spring on it, and once in a while, if you were a kid, and you forgot about it, it’d come and hit you right in the face.” 
Diabetes and obesity have reached epidemic proportions among American Indians, particularly in Nebraska, where more than one in four American Indian adults reported being diagnosed with diabetes, according to a 2009 report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
In Nebraska, the rate of obesity for tribes is double that of Hispanics and African-Americans and almost four times as high as non-Hispanic Caucasians.
Diabetes can shorten a person’s lifespan by fifteen years. On average, annual medical costs for diabetic people are five times that of non-diabetic individuals, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services …
Researching prison rape for a story …
… and it’s horrifying. But I suppose the stories we’d rather not think about are the ones that most need to be told.
Sandhill cranes are a literal treasure for Central Nebraska »
OMG CRANES.
My first longer-form piece for NET, Nebraska’s NPR station. My delivery isn’t the best — a bit stilted and singsongy — but I’m getting better, and an old-hand coworker will be giving me some vocal coaching. Thoughts? I’ve done radio off and on for the last four years, but this is my first stint doing news radio.
