Shelby Rickert

Shelby Rickert is a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln studying journalism with a minor in political science. She served as the 2025 reporting fellow at the Flatwater Free Press. Before that, she was a news intern for the Lincoln Journal Star writing breaking news and feature stories on topics ranging from tree eradication to artificial intelligence to the 2024 presidential election.

Article count: 9

Solving Lincoln’s child care crisis will take widespread buy-in and money, panelists say

Post author By Shelby Rickert
Post date March 26

A ‘wagon’ of shame followed her. Now, she’s graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Post author By Shelby Rickert
Post date Dec. 19, 2025

A small-town Nebraska nursing home closed. Its former director faces state punishment.

Post author By Shelby Rickert
Post date Nov. 19, 2025

New NU Era: The University of Nebraska long banked on state funding. That support is crumbling.

Post author By Natalia Alamdari and Shelby Rickert
Post date Oct. 22, 2025

Nebraska’s changing demographics defy stereotypes, panelists say

Post author By Shelby Rickert
Post date Sept. 17, 2025

Nebraska colleges, saying they have little choice, are axing scholarships that favored immigrants, single moms, LGBTQ students

Post author By Shelby Rickert
Post date June 26, 2025

In overcrowded Nebraska prisons, several suspected of killing cellmates while double bunked in cells meant for 1.

Post author By Shelby Rickert
Post date June 18, 2025

In rural Nebraska, it’s hard to find an attorney. It’s going to get much harder.

Post author By Shelby Rickert
Post date April 25, 2025

A western Nebraska village voted itself out of existence. Its remaining residents are OK with their fate.

Post author By Shelby Rickert
Post date Feb. 21, 2025