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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We've discussed Senate Bill 75 a few times on "In the Moment." Jonathan Ellis from The Dakota Scout returns to discuss what's changing now that it's been signed into law. -
We've discussed Senate Bill 75 a few times on "In the Moment." Jonathan Ellis from The Dakota Scout returns to discuss what's changing now that it's been signed into law.
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We talk with Sen. Lee Schoenbeck about what may be his last session. Plus, why the child care industry had a successful legislative year in South Dakota. -
We talk with Sen. Lee Schoenbeck about what may be his last session. Plus, why the child care industry had a successful legislative year in South Dakota.
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While the Legislature works to address teacher pay, groups like Educators Rising tap current students to consider a future career in education. -
SDPB's Jackie Hendry reads us her love poem about what really has her heart: South Dakota. -
Sec. Joseph Graves calls South Dakota's teacher shortage "unprecedented." He dives into causes and solutions with SDPB's Jackie Hendry. -
Legislative leaders agree that the ongoing child care crisis in South Dakota represents a significant workforce problem. Advocates are worried they lack a sense of urgency. -
New technologies give researchers details on when parts of the brain develop: "The first year of life and then the first five years are really what we would refer to as very critical time periods for brain development." -
When four teenagers were murdered at Gitchie Manitou in 1973, Sioux Falls high school students weren't given much support to deal with the trauma.
