
The important story behind the Parole Board story
Below is a letter I sent to our donors earlier this week. Occasionally, we like to give them a peek at the story behind the story. In this…
Editor columns and other items *about* FFP
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Below is a letter I sent to our donors earlier this week. Occasionally, we like to give them a peek at the story behind the story. In this…
The Flatwater Free Press analyzed data provided by the Nebraska Board of Parole in response to a public records request. The data shows parole board members’ individual votes…
This is a modified version of a column I’d planned for publication in The Omaha World-Herald on Thursday, Feb. 17 – the day after I was laid off…
Four leaders in novel Nebraska newsrooms gathered before a group of 100 attendees Wednesday to talk about the next phase of journalism in the state. The event, sponsored…
A company is only as good as its people, the old axiom goes. That’s especially true at a startup nonprofit. We envision a future where journalism’s ability to…
When we launched the Flatwater Free Press way back in September, we had two things working in our favor: A vision and a plan. The vision was to…
In the news business, an industry uniquely predicated on a broad base of trust, ethics are anything but mundane. It’s a key part of our promise. Our audience…
A searchable and sortable breakdown of salaries within every State of Nebraska department.
Natalia Alamdari and Yanqi Xu are joining the Flatwater Free Press on Nov. 1.
Welcome to the Flatwater Free Press, the first independent, nonprofit, collaborative, purely investigative and enterprise news outlet serving the entire state of Nebraska. There is not a single…