Ellie French is an alumnus of KETV and spent just over two years as a sports reporter in Omaha. She graduated from Penn State in 2019 and is on her third stop post-college at WLUK in Green Bay. Hear her story with highlights at each of her stops along the course of her career journey, what it’s like to be a woman in the television broadcast industry and what she believes makes Nebraska a special place to cover sports.

Bill Randby is the chief meteorologist at KETV Newswatch 7 in Omaha. The Chicago native discusses his inspiration for entering the field, his six-hours of live severe weather coverage during the April 26 tornado outbreak in Nebraska, and much more. Hear from one of the most experienced meteorologists in the area. Randby has worked at KETV for over 30 years. 

Steven Sipple is the senior columnist at HuskerOnline, an online publication within the On3 Sports Network covering Nebraska Athletics. He formerly filled the same role at the Lincoln Journal Star for 25 years. Sipple is also a co-host of Early Break from 6-8 a.m. with Bill Busch and Jake Sorenson on 93.7 The Ticket.  His experience over decades in Lincoln provides for plenty of memorable moments. Not the least of which are Sipple’s battles with former Husker football coach Bo Pellini and his time boxing in grade school during the ‘70s. 

Parker Gabriel covers the Denver Broncos for the Denver Post. Prior to moving to Denver, he spent just under five years at the Lincoln Journal Star covering Nebraska football and athletics. Learn how Gabriel broke into the industry, the importance of good chemistry in a newsroom and how Lincoln differs from a professional sports market.

Matt Waite is a Pulitzer Prize winner and professor of practice at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He talks about his upbringing in Blair, Nebraska, his time at the Daily Nebraskan as well as stories from stops in Arkansas and Florida and why he entered academia.