Independent Heartland Nebraska Bureau Launch
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Independent Heartland

Independent video journalism for the Midwest.

Our Mission

Investigative reporting built for video, field work, and the Heartland.

Independent Heartland is a non-profit-backed digital media network and newsroom producing structural, investigative video journalism across the American Midwest. We expose corporate monopolies, highlight the realities of working-class economic struggles, and provide independent, unvarnished coverage on the issues impacting local communities in the Heartland.

Now Hiring

Nebraska Bureau Launch Team

We are scaling a local production hub led by creators, journalists, and filmmakers who are passionate about telling the raw stories of their own communities.

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