Omaha World Herald

  • Following funding news, Nebraska Global on Twitter, in the media

    Yes, we already reported on Nebraska Global’s announcement of $17.7 million in additional funding earlier this week. But given that the capital raise by the Lincoln-based software investment fund is easily the largest of its kind we’ve seen on the Silicon Prairie this year — according to our research, a $10.6 million raise by Kansas…

  • Prairie Moves: StartupCity, QuickCal, OneLouder and more

    Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…

  • Mega deals for Omaha and DSM as low-fare bus route to connect cities

    The last time we were this excited about a bus ride, Keanu Reeves was at the wheel, ever-so-animatedly carting a motley crew of Angelino commuters around town with the cruise control locked at 50. …

  • Omaha.com paywall coming soon

    If you’ve had keen eyes these past few months, you may have noticed more and more little blue dots with an “O” appearing on the Omaha World-Herald’s website …

  • If you tweet it, they will build it. (Well, sorta.)

    Soon after we published our Curbwise story yesterday, which covered the site launched by the Omaha World-Herald utilizing data from the Douglas County Assessor’s Office, I personally tweeted a challenge …

  • With Curbwise, OWH makes smart use of housing valuation data

    At the end of May, the Omaha World-Herald introduced the Omaha metro, specifically Douglas County, to Curbwise, a site said to help users understand property valuations. As June marks the start of tax valuation season, this site has refined public data and Census information from the Douglas County Assessor office and created a new way…

  • Software Developer, Art Director, Graphic Designer & more

    We’re excited to bring you our 41st Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from Proxibid, Turnpost Creative Group, and Omaha World-Herald in Omaha and Technology…

  • Online Editor & Creative Director / Writer

    We’re excited to bring you our thirty-ninth Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from the Omaha World-Herald in Omaha and Trillix Group in Des Moines.

  • DataOmaha.com: Interview with World-Herald reporter Matt Wynn

    This past Friday, the Omaha World-Herald raised quite a few eyebrows in Omaha when it published the names of the nearly 29,000 valid signatures on the Mayor Jim Suttle recall petitions. “These names are not secret. The petitions are public record under Nebraska law.” World-Herald executive editor Mike Reilly wrote in his column, “Why we’re…

  • Graphic Designers, Developers & Online Editor

    We’re excited to bring you our thirty-fourth Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from Prairie Ventures, Omaha World-Herald, and Ultimate Marketplace / The Omaha…