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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The South Dakota Department of Tourism is looking to attract younger bikers to the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. -
SDPB News presents South Dakota Focus -
If the shortage of providers is going to change, it will require a lot of people like Cordelia Rieck, who has chosen to pursue the career her mother started 20 years ago. -
Join SDPB for a follow-up discussion to the child care crisis the entire state faces. -
South Dakota leads the nation in cases of syphilis. Meghan Curry O'Connell, MD, epidemiologist with the Great Plains Tribal Leaders' Health Board, checks in for an update. -
"Documenting Police Use of Force" and its accompanying online story and database explore the 1,036 deaths caused by "less-lethal" tactics nationwide from 2012 to 2021. -
Sally Thomas is co-creator of the daily poetry newsletter "Poems Ancient and Modern." For National Poetry Month, she brings us one of her original poems. -
The student-led news program won five awards from the Upper Midwest Emmy Foundation. We get a view from the anchor desk from two student journalists. -
Marcella Remund, president of the South Dakota State Poetry Society, explains the connection between poetry and community. -
We treat your ears to two original poems in honor of National Poetry Month. Plus, Joe Santos, Ph.D., joins us for a look at the dollar's value at home and abroad.
