Jason Kuiper joined OPPD as a communications specialist in 2015. He is a former staff writer and reporter at the Omaha World-Herald, where he covered a wide range of topics but spent the majority of his career covering crime. He worked most recently as a contributor to Omaha Magazine, among other publications. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and an avid fiction reader, especially short stories and crime fiction. In his free time he enjoys cooking and spending time with his wife and three children.

Jodi Baker writes stories and shoots videos for The Wire. Jodi was a television news reporter before she came to work for OPPD as a media specialist in 2013. Jodi earned her degree in broadcasting from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She's worked for news stations from her hometown of Omaha to sunny San Diego. She’s married with two teenagers (a boy and a girl), who keep them running from one activity to the next.