NETV Staff

Bill Kelly ETV-- Executive Producer
Bill Kelly is the producer of the February 1st Town Hall meeting to be broadcast on the Nebraska ETV Network. He oversees the content and logistics of the broadcast. Since discussions began early in 2000 about this project, Kelly has worked closely with the editors at the Lincoln Journal and Star in developing this project.
As the Executive Producer for News/Public Affairs at the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Network, Bill Kelly oversees production and development of new programming. He began his association with NETV in 1990, covering the state legislature and producing a documentary on the Strategic Air Command's transition into a world without the Cold War. In 1993 he created the weekly news program STATEWIDE. This innovative series, done in cooperation with commercial broadcasters and newspapers across the state has become one of the most watched and highly regarded programs on the network. The News unit also produces the network's daily coverage of the Nebraska Legislature and coordinates special projects including "Campaign Connection," NETV's expansive coverage of the 2000 elections. Previously, at WOWT in Omaha, Kelly covered government and politics. He produced a nationally award winning documentary on a notorious Nebraska crime spree titled "Charles and Caril: Starkweather 30 years later." He previously worked at KARD in Wichita and WLFI in Lafayette, Indiana. His work earned honors from the Associated Press, United Press International, and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. He graduated from Purdue University. He continues to serve on the Omaha Press Club board of directors as a past president, and is a regular performer and writer in the annual Gridiron show poking fun at newsmakers of the past year. Reach him at 472-9333 or wkelly1@unl.edu

Lincoln Journal Star Staff

Theresa Cha Theresa Cha wrote a package of stories on gene therapy and human genomes for "Medical Ethics: Tough Choices." She joined the news staff of the Lincoln Journal Star a year ago as the health and medical reporter. Cha, 29, a Tulsa, Okla., native, graduated in 1994 from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied neurobiology and worked in neuroscience labs as a pre-med major. In 1998 she earned a master's degree in journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Syracuse, N.Y., where she wrote about the stigma of mental illness as part of a project financed by the Rosalyn Carter Institute. Born in South Korea, Cha once was a concert-level pianist who also has worked in the publishing and catering businesses in Philadelphia and New York. Reach her at tcha@journalstar.com or 473-7228.	Catharine Huddle coordinated stories, photos, graphics and design and edited copy for the "Medical Ethics: Tough Choices" packages. Huddle, 46, started as a weather and obituary clerk in 1978 for the Lincoln Journal and covered prison news and did general assignment reporting for the newspaper. She was an assistant city editor the Lincoln Journal Star and has been Sunday editor since 1997. Huddle graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree in political science. Reach her at 473-7222 or chuddle@journalstar.com.
Martha Stoddard, a former health care writer for the Lincoln Journal, wrote about stem cell research for "Medical Ethics: Tough Choices." Stoddard has worked as a journalist in Lincoln since 1985. She covered K-12 education and state government, including the Nebraska Legislature, and is now assigned to the higher education beat for the Lincoln Journal Star. Stoddard, 43, has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a bachelor's degree in international development from Earlham College in Richmond, Ind. Reach her at 473-7245 or mstoddard@journalstar.com.	JoAnne Young wrote the package on cloning for "Medical Ethics: Tough Choices." Young covered health for The Lincoln Star and the Lincoln Journal Star for more than a decade. Now assigned to cover primary and secondary education, she moved back to reporting a year ago after a stint as assistant city editor. Young, 50, earned a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1976 and later studied journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Reach her at 473-7242 or jyoung@journalstar.com.
Bob Reeves wrote about xenotransplants for "Medical Ethics: Tough Choices. He covers religion news for the Lincoln Journal Star. Reeves started work at The Lincoln Star in 1976 and has covered a variety of areas for the Star and the Lincoln Journal Star, including education and state government. Reeves, 55, graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1968. Reach him at 473-7212 breeves@journalstar.com	Dave Bundy is news editor at the Lincoln Journal Star and designed the "Medical Ethics: Tough Choices" packages. Bundy, 33, graduated in 1989 from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. He has worked for Lee Enterprises, which owns the Lincoln Journal Star, for 10 years. Reach him at 473-7310 or dbundy@journalstar.com.
Ted Kirk coordinated and shot many of the photographs for "Medical Ethics: Tough Choices." He has worked as a photojournalist in Lincoln since 1978. Kirk, 52, graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1970 with a degree in zoology and physiology. Reach him at 473-7482 or tkirk@journalstar.com.	Sheila Story researched and produced graphics for "Medical Ethics: Tough Choices." Story, 45, is a graphic artist for the Lincoln Journal Star. She is working on a degree in English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Reach her at 473-7333 or sstory@journalstar.com.

KMTV3 CHANNEL 3 STAFF

Carrie Murphy
KMTV3 Executive Producer, Special Projects
Reach her at cmurphy@kmtv3.com.

Loretta Carroll
KMTV3 Anchor/Reporter
Reach her at loretta@kmtv3.com.

Mele Mason
Photographer/Editor

Sean Kelly
Photographer/Editor