Flatwater Free Press

We’re hiring! The Flatwater Free Press, in partnership with Grist, is seeking a reporter to cover climate change in Nebraska. Learn more: buff.ly/g8va2D3

Breaking news: Yanqi Xu, FFP senior reporter, is a fellow in the New York Times’ Local Investigations Fellowship. Led by former NYT editor Dean Baquet, the year-long program helps journalists produce investigative work in their state. Let’s hear it for Yanqi!

What is a Runza? 76 years ago, Lincolnite Sally Everett turned her family recipe into a Nebraska restaurant behemoth. But where does its beloved signature menu item come from? Flatwater explains. 🔗 buff.ly/oV5boL3

En su campaña de reelección, el gobernador Jim Pillen se ha alineado con la agenda antiinmigrante del presidente Trump, a pesar de que sus granjas han contratado a trabajadores indocumentados. Leer más 🔗 buff.ly/zA1uzqk

Gov. Jim Pillen has aligned himself with President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. But for more than a decade, his hog business has employed undocumented laborers, The @nytimes.com and Flatwater Free Press found. Read more 🔗 buff.ly/rOH1O9Q

We're headed to the Sheldon Museum of Art on September 20th for our next forum, where we'll be talking about covering the president, civic journalism and our investigations with The New York Times. Register for free 🔗 buff.ly/EBgvWh0

New at Flatwater: The city of Kearney is set to become home to a nearly 400-megawatt data center campus after spending more than a decade courting an industry facing pushback in the state. Read more 🔗 buff.ly/W6TitUh

In case you missed it: Omaha Public Schools, the district teaching most of the metro area’s students in poverty, now has the worst teacher staffing levels and worst student-teacher ratios in Nebraska, a new Flatwater analysis shows. Read more 🔗 buff.ly/qunncdi

On September 23, we are welcoming legendary journalist George Packer to the FlatFest stage! We sat down with him for a Q & A ahead of the event to talk about his path into journalism. Read the full interview here 🔗 buff.ly/WbX74oK

New at Flatwater: For decades, Nebraska small towns have tested ways to attract new people and new homes to keep their communities afloat. The Pawnee City Community Foundation tested its own last year. Here's what happened 🔗 buff.ly/TZbUmf1

Omaha Public Schools, the district teaching most of the metro area’s students in poverty, now has the worst teacher staffing levels and worst student-teacher ratios in Nebraska, a new Flatwater analysis shows. Read more 🔗 buff.ly/qunncdi

Flatwater is turning five. In those five years, Editor Matthew Hansen says, we’ve grown from a startup operating out of a broom closet to a force that on its best weeks shows Nebraskans what makes Nebraska special, and also reveals what’s broken and may need fixing. Read more 🔗 buff.ly/QyxeyvG

New at Flatwater: More than 110 years after the death of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native women in Nebraska are still inspired by her to go into the medical field. Read more 🔗 buff.ly/L3XcR0I