Journalism

I’ll give ’em this. The Washoe County School District is getting better at recognizing when it is breaking the state’s open-meeting law. As reported in the Reno Gazette-Journal this morning by Trevon Milliard, one of the district’s subcommittees acted on a controversial health-care plan even though the meeting agenda was …

What You Need to Know About Overtime and Independent Contractor Laws and Regulations  Friday, October 16 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT Do you find yourself scratching your head when it comes to labor laws and regulations for independent contractors? Join Michael Zinser for this informative webinar to gain a better understanding of …

National Newspaper Association Urges US Department of Labor to Slow Down on Overtime Rule Hikes   The National Newspaper Association today called on the US Department of Labor (DOL) to scale back its aggressive push to raise salary thresholds for exempt workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act. DOL has …

Journalists learn early on not to be intimidated. It’s necessary to almost any beat. Sportswriters deal with coaches and athletes who are used to getting their own way. Business tycoons often are taken aback by anyone who questions them. Police, attorneys and judges frequently use intimidation in their line of …

At the Nevada State Museum last night, Anna Fallini Berg talked about the life her family has lived for 150 years on a ranch east of Tonopah. Then she gestured at the photos hanging on white gallery walls around her. There it was, her daily life distilled into iconic scenes …

I’ve never seen a debate quite like the scrum coming up Thursday evening on Fox News, but I’ve moderated and covered enough candidate forums to have an idea what to look for. 1. Who answers the question? Candidates typically want to stay ‘on message’ and have pat answers to topics, …

On Tuesday’s episode of Nevada Newsmakers, former university regent Howard Rosenberg was asked about recent criticism of Chancellor Dan Klaich. After a few comments in defense of the university chancellor, who has been under fire recently, Rosenberg turned to what he sees as the problem. “What really bothers me is …

Sure seems to be a lot of fake news around. I’m not talking about the Onion, or other parody sites who are trying to be funny. I’m talking about wrong, false, outrageous ‘news’ passed from link to link, Facebook post to Facebook post, email to email. This YouTube video presents …

Hey, Reddit and Gawker, welcome to the world of publishing. The two sites recently had high-profile changes at the top as a result of old-fashioned disagreements over just how far they should push the envelope. Reddit’s management team started cleaning up some of the worst dregs of its subreddits, the …

For journalists, the best lesson from the Confederate flag came from Matthew Guterl, a professor of Africana and American studies at Brown University, in an interview with the Washington Post. Reporter Roberto Ferdman asked this: You’ve talked about how we live in this weird moment, where there are competing representations …