Jackie Hendry
Host of South Dakota Focus, Senior ProducerJackie is based out of SDPB's Sioux Falls Studio.
Jackie produces and hosts SDPB’s flagship public affairs TV program, South Dakota Focus.
Her favorite part of working for SDPB is getting to visit a variety of communities and see parts of the state that are off the beaten path. She came to South Dakota from Illinois as a college student (Go Yotes!) and interned with SDPB in 2014 and again in 2017.
Hendry joined SDPB full time as the education and health care beat reporter in 2018 and moved to her current role in 2021.
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Vermillion-based friends Amy Askew, Jeff Wesner and Joe Raiche have been jamming together for six years. The group often played under different names (including Beard), but in the summer of 2020, they dubbed themselves "Fine Mess." -
Dr. Charles Hart started his career in family and emergency medicine. Over a three-decade career, Hart became CEO of Regional Health, now Monument Health, the major health care provider within a 300-mile radius centered on Rapid City. We talk with Hart about his induction into the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
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On Sept. 9-10, the South Dakota Hall of Fame will induct the class of 2022. Dr. Charles Hart was active in developing health care systems that addressed the multiple needs of communities.
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We meet the candidates for state House and Senate for the 2022 election. Ryan Cwach, a Democrat, is running for re-election for state representative in District 18, which includes Yankton County and parts of Clay County.
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On Sept. 9-10, The South Dakota Hall of Fame will induct the class of 2022. Tad Perry spent nearly four decades in higher education. He retired as the executive director of the South Dakota Board of Regents. He joins us to discuss his impact on education in South Dakota.
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More than a decade after his retirement from the Board of Regents, Tad Perry holds the title of longest-serving state higher education executive officer in the nation. He spent 15 years overseeing the state's public universities and founded the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship.
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We meet the candidates for state House and Senate for the 2022 election. Jim Bolin, a Republican, is running for re-election as state senator in District 16 which includes parts of Lincoln, Turner and Union counties.
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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 moves to the U.S. House after passing the Senate, but our resident macro-economist is skeptical of its true impact. We talk with professor of economics at South Dakota State University, Joe Santos.
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Business owners request foot patrols, stricter ordinances at Sioux Falls Homeless Task Force meetingThe public input meeting focused on the Eighth Street corridor of downtown Sioux Falls.
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The Christopher David Hanson Band mixes rock roots with throwback country flare. The three-piece ensemble plays this weekend at the Sioux River Folk Festival. The festival kicks off Friday and will run through Sunday at Newton Hill State Park.
