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Jane McGill

Jane McGill, Staff Writer

Hello Register readers! I am Jane McGill, and this is my third and final year at The Register. I served as Executive Editor, editing The Register’s news reporting and supervising staff writers, for first semester before returning to work in investigative journalism as a staff writer for the remainder of the school year. 

I joined The Register as a staff writer my sophomore year, after taking Intro to Journalism as a freshman. As a junior, I edited the paper’s arts and cultural coverage. I am best known for my investigative reporting into issues affecting students at Central and across the Omaha metro area. My investigations have shed light on the teacher shortage at Central, given a voice to LGBTQ+ students suffering discrimination in Omaha’s Catholic schools, and exposed racial and socioeconomic disparities in Central’s advanced classes. Stories I have written for The Register have been taught in university courses, discussed at OPS school board meetings, and read on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature.  

For my investigation into the historic exodus of teachers from Central during the 2021-2022 school year, I won the Student Journalist Impact Award. I am the 2023 Nebraska State Champion in Newspaper Newswriting. Over the summer, I covered climate change and sustainability in Omaha as Editorial Intern for The Reader. When not writing stories or doing homework, I can be found re-reading The Bell Jar or watching Stanley Kubrick movies. I was voted most likely to be hit by a city bus by the Register staff.  

All content by Jane Mcgill
Poe takes over as O-Book editor-in-chief

Poe takes over as O-Book editor-in-chief

Jane McGill, Executive Editor
September 19, 2023
The cover of the December 1859 issue of The Free School Advocate featuring the newspaper’s motto

Defending public schools for 160 years

Jane McGill, Executive Editor
September 19, 2023
Photo Courtesy of Jane McGill

The future of Nebraska journalism

Jane McGill, Section Editor
March 3, 2023
Photo Courtesy of the Library of Congress

The best movies of 2022

Jane McGill, Section Editor
February 6, 2023
Photo courtesy of Maeve Hemmer

Brianna Full isn’t afraid of change

Jane McGill, Section Editor
January 24, 2023
Cartoon by Chlöe Johnson

Teachers leaving Central

Jane McGill, Staff Writer
May 5, 2022

The Soviet Union wasn’t communist

Jane McGill, Staff Writer
October 27, 2021
Three of the paintings Wanzenried has completed.

Freshman paints to relieve stress

Jane McGill, Contributing Writer
November 23, 2020
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