About Brandi

Wife. Mother. Storyteller. Work In Progress.

Brandi Paul is a wife, mother, writer and community leader proudly based in Gretna, Nebraska. A communications professional with 25 years of experience, Brandi has a passion for sharing stories, events and opportunities across the Midwest and beyond. As an award-winning journalist with KETV-Newswatch 7, Brandi covered historic events across Nebraska and Iowa, secured high-profile interviews, and traveled throughout the United States and Mexico to capture news coverage. That mission to share inspiring stories continued at Westside Community Schools as Director of Communications and Engagement where Brandi was involved with crisis management, proactive storytelling and key leadership communication. Now as Senior Corporate Communications Strategist with HDR, one of the world’s top-ranked professional services firms, Brandi works closely with Executive Leadership on communication, event production, and strategic storytelling.

A strong believer in the power of community and advocating for inspirational people and causes, Brandi has won multiple awards including induction into the Papillion-La Vista Community Schools Hall of Fame, a 2024 Omaha Inspire Award and an HDR Gold Pathfinder Award. She continues to emcee events and volunteer throughout Nebraska, and writes on The 402 Blog, which has drawn more than 530,000 views from around the world. Brandi is a proud mama of two boys, Easton and Evan, and married to Gretna leader and coach Brian Paul.

I’d love to share your story! For more information about The 402 Blog, emceeing, voiceover work and more, please shoot me an email at brandipaul7@gmail.com.

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  3. I still cannot bring myself to watch the 10pm newscast. Nothing against Julie and Rob but Brandi, you made me smile! Your quirkiness and constant smile is infectious and whether the volume was down or being in another room, just a glance in your direction would make me smile! The best of luck to you in your new endeavors. You made a very solid mark on our community

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  4. Brandi, My grandma was Ruth Jones! She was beautiful inside and out! Funny thing is, she never told us grand kids she was the first Miss Nebraska. After she passed away, I found a suitcase with her crown, wardrobe and sash stating she was Miss Nebraska. There was a front page newspaper folded up on the suitcase with a picture of her on the back of a train waving goodbye. It said, ” There goes Miss Jones off to compete in Miss America”. The suitcase I was going through was the suitcase at her side in the newspaper photo! Talk about getting the chills!!!
    Thank you for your blog post! You brought back great memories of a beautiful and wonderful lady!

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  5. Nice job on Go! Omaha on YYRVW TV C0X channel 1013! Just saw it after recording it. Could not find anything on the show on the web. Too bad, worth watching. Good luck on it.

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