THE LINES Between

A Look At Three Omaha Magazine Contributors

CAROL NIGRELLI Contrib uting Writer

Carol Nigrelli, and her husband, Craig, are thrilled to be back in the city they love after a four-year absence that took them to Wichita and Lakeland, Florida. Now in her “forever home,” Carol has transitioned easily and gratefully back into Omaha life playing cello at St. John’s Church on the Creighton University campus and writing for Omaha Magazine about the people, places, and things that make the Midlands so unique. Her perspective comes from the (often) nomadic lifestyle of a broadcast journalist. The Philadelphia native spent 30 years in radio and TV news, hopscotching across Pennsylvania before landing in Buffalo, New York, as the main anchor at the CBS affiliate for over two decades. In 2002, after marrying colleague Craig Nigrelli, Carol left broadcasting and embarked on a print media career that included stops in Albuquerque, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and then Omaha for 11 years. Carol has two daughters and a grandson, and remains a die-hard Red Sox fan.

LEXI SHUCK Edit Intern

Lexi, 17, attends Sandy Creek High School in Fairfield, Nebraska. SCHS provides a program called NCAPS that allows students to be mentored in a career field they wish to learn more about. Falling in love with English at an early age and joining journalism her sophomore year, Lexi decided to pursue a short internship at Omaha Magazine. She loves to read in her free time and listen to music, usually Taylor Swift or Fleetwood Mac. Writing has always been a passion of hers, and taking this chance has been a learning process for her. After interning, Lexi thinks that journalism could be a good choice for her future.

DAVE TROUBA Ad Tra ffic Manager

Joining Omaha Magazine in 2020 as ad traffic manager, Trouba works as liason between the sales and design teams to get all ads designed, approved, and placed for each of the 17 publications that Omaha Publications produces. A graduate of Westside High School (1980) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism (1985), Trouba worked as a freelance photojournalist and graphic designer in California for five years before moving to Kansas City and working as a product and publication designer for Hallmark Cards. Returning to Nebraska in 2000, he and his wife, Susan, settled in Papillion and raised their three children plus a variety of cats and corgis. In his free time, Trouba is an avid golfer, gardener, cook, and cribbage player and enjoys Irish music, whiskey, and the occasional cigar.

EDITORIAL

Managing Editor

JULIUS FREDRICK

Senior Editor

LINDA PERSIGEHL

Senior Staff Writer

KIM CARPENTER

Editorial Intern

LEXI SHUCK

Contributing Writers

LEO ADAM BIGA · TAMSEN BUTLER · OLIVIA GREENE

CHRIS HATCH · SARA LOCKE · CAROL CRISSEY NIGRELLI

CHASE MURPHY · WILLIAM RISCHLING · LEXI SHUCK

DOUGLAS “OTIS TWELVE” WESSELMANN · MIKE WHYE

SARA WIEBOLD · DAVE ZORKO

CREATIVE

Creative Director

MATT WIECZOREK

Graphic Designer II

RENEÉ LUDWICK

Graphic Designer I

RACHEL BIRDSALL

Contributing Photographer

SARAH LEMKE

SALES DEPARTMENT

Executive Vice President

Sales & Marketing

GIL COHEN

Branding Specialists

DAWN DENNIS · GEORGE IDELMAN

Contributing Branding Specialists

GREG BRUNS · TIM McCORMACK

Publisher’s Assistant & OmahaHome Contributing Editor

SANDY MATSON

Senior Sales Coordinator

ALICIA HOLLINS

Sales Coordinator

SANDI M cCORMACK

OPERATIONS

Business Manager KYLE FISHER

Ad Traffic Manager

DAVID TROUBA

Digital Manager

LUIS DE LA TOBA

Distribution Manager & Explore!