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You’re going to do your duty and vote, but it’s hard to track every statewide race, every ballot measure, every question. We can help. Introducing the Nebraska Voter Guide from FFP. Candidate summaries. 1-minute videos explaining ballot measures. Answers to your FAQs. Link: https://lnkd.in/g2uGMS4e. Election guide by FFP contributor Libby Seline. Videos by Surreal Media Lab in partnership with FFP State Government Watchdog Reporter Sara Gentzler. Design by Hanscom Park Studio. Edited by Ryan Hoffman. #voterguide #flatwaterfreepress #2024elections #presidentialelection #nebraska #omahanebraska #lincolnnebraska #politics

Earlier this month, editor Matthew Hansen participated in a breakout session at the Thriving Children, Families, and Communities Conference on Sept. 17. Matthew was a speaker in a breakout session called “Sharing Your Story: Effectively Communicating the Importance of Early Childhood. Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska

From an idea to this reality in 3 years, thanks to hard work from our talented journalists and to the thousands of Nebraskans who have recognized the need for nonprofit journalism in our state. We’re building it together! Wanna jump aboard? Sign up for our free email newsletter to see all our stories here: https://lnkd.in/gcsmpSxD

Pop the champagne!!! On Wednesday, the Flatwater Free Press was named the Startup of the Year — the country’s No. 1 new nonprofit newsroom — by the Institute for Nonprofit News during the 2024 INNY awards. Congrats to FFP staff and to you, our loyal readers.

Coulter is an Omaha boy who uses data analysis and open records to tell compelling stories. He did it at the Wall Street Journal, where he won a Pulitzer. He’s doing it at Bloomberg News. He’s coming to Lincoln for the Flatwater Free Press Festival to answer your questions. Learn more and buy tickets here: https://buff.ly/3Y0eDrJ #flatwaterfreepress #flatfest2024 #flatwaterfestival #coulterjones #nebraska #omahanebraska

🌟 BIG Announcement 🌟 Angel graduated from UNL’s journalism school, went west to LA, wrote the LA Times’ most-read story – then became the paper’s 1st-ever managing editor for culture and talent. Now she’s coming to Lincoln for the Flatwater Free Press Festival to answer your questions!! Learn more and buy tickets: https://buff.ly/3Y0eDrJ #flatwaterfreepress #flatfest2024 #flatwaterfestival #angeljennings #nebraska #omahanebraska

Who is co-hosting a daylong, free event with The Atlantic, best magazine in the US? The Flatwater Free Press, that’s who! Learn more about “State of Our Union,” coming to Lincoln Oct. 23: https://buff.ly/3LpMrHe And buy your tickets for the 2nd annual Flatwater Free Press Festival, held at a historic train station that evening 👉 https://buff.ly/3Y0eDrJ

Check out our June newsletter and catch up on everything going on at the Institute—D.C. trips, early childhood survey results, the Flatwater Free Press pop-up newsroom, and more. Read now: https://lnkd.in/gi7RSUfA

Next week is all about the Big Apple! 🗽 Fill the gaps with NJT executive director Matt Wynn and several other journalism powerhouses on June 21 at 1pm at the Newmark Journalism School at CUNY - 219 W. 40th St. Room 308, New York, NY. You must register to attend: buff.ly/4bVHrGb

Journalism on stage alert: Join Flatwater Free Press reporter Chris Bowling tomorrow morning at Omaha's Tri-Faith Initiative for a discussion on his story about a hair cutting, a Native family's search for justice and how it led to a statewide anti-discrimination law. The 8:30 a.m. panel discussion is part of Tri-Faith's two-day Race, Religion and Social Justice conference. Learn more and buy a ticket here - https://buff.ly/3Kq5HnE Bowling, an FFP Omaha investigative reporter, previously served as editor of The Reader, Omaha's longtime alternative newspaper. He has written several stories about the Lakota family who filed a civil rights lawsuit after a school employee cut two girls' hair without permission.