Kassidy Arena
Senior Reporter, Nebraska Public MediaKassidy Arena joined Nebraska Public Media in 2023 as the senior reporter after covering Latino, Spanish-speaking and immigrant communities for Iowa Public Radio and Report for America and after serving as an Engagement Producer at KBIA in mid-Missouri. Her work has appeared throughout the Midwest, NPR, Here & Now and PRX’s The World. She grew up in Omaha, but attended the University of Missouri-Columbia with a major in Convergence Journalism, Radio Reporting and Producing.
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In the past year, the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) has promoted a “journey to inclusion,” as a better way to teach students with disabilities. It’s a newer practice for Nebraska schools, and administrators are confident it will work. -
En los estados centrales de Estados Unidos, la información acerca de las tasas de mortalidad materna entre las mujeres hispanas no es fiable. Eso es un desafío para las organizaciones de salud que dependen de esas estadísticas para enviar recursos a esa población. -
In Missouri and Nebraska, information about maternal mortality rates among Hispanic women is not reliable. That’s a challenge for health care organizations that depend on those statistics to send resources to that population.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Shakespeare’s Pizza, the beloved restaurant in Columbia, Missouri, with an almost mythical status among residents, Mizzou students and alumni. To celebrate, Shakespeare’s threw a birthday party complete with free slices, live music and a big announcement. -
New research has found that Missouri women are most underrepresented on "power boards" like budget and finance or economic development. But they do have more parity in boards that are perceived to have more "stereotypically feminine core functions" like historic preservation and libraries. -
There's only one pro ice rink in rural Missouri. These teen figure skaters are making the most of itIt's already hard to become a competitive figure skater. But it's even harder in rural Missouri, where there's just one ice rink within a two hour drive: Washington Park Ice Arena in Jefferson City. -
Reparation efforts in urban area are gaining national attention, as both Kansas City and St. Louis study what they can do to make amends for harm inflicted on African Americans. But elsewhere in Missouri, rural areas are taking their own steps toward righting historic wrongs on a neighborhood level. -
The most common way to certify teachers in Iowa for language immersion schools is a test offered only in English. Neighboring Midwest states have similar barriers. -
La prueba de solo inglés para la licencia de enseñanza frustra los esfuerzos para encontrar maestrosEsto examen puede ser un obstáculo para conseguir profesores permanentes y nativos de español para programas de inmersión que serán totalmente en español.
