Here are the results of the 2021 Nevada Press Foundation Awards of Excellence, honoring the best in Nevada journalism, advertising, design and photography. The top link (“Awards Tabloid”) is a PDF of the 24-page tabloid featuring the complete results along with judges’ comments as well as photos and graphics from …
Read More »2021 Convention program
UPDATE SEPT 3: – Registration rates will increase by $15 per registration after midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 7. In addition, we will not be able to refund canceled registrations after that date. The final deadline for registration is Sept. 14. UPDATE AUG 31: – Here’s an up-to-date Schedule of Events …
Read More »How to grow your coverage of agriculture
By Bart Pfankuch Depending on where you live and work as a journalist, there are two basic levels of importance when it comes to coverage of the agriculture industry: “very important” or “extremely important.” How and where food is grown or raised, how it is processed and transported, what it …
Read More »NPA Convention is Sept. 18 in Reno
Hold the date! The Nevada Press Association’s Annual Convention and Awards Banquet will be held Saturday, Sept. 18 at the Depot Craft Brewery Distillery in downtown Reno. We’ll meet for beers at the Reno Gazette Journal the Friday afternoon before the convention and will join together in a Reno Pub Crawl later …
Read More »NPA Board approves three new member publications
On Thursday, May 13, the Nevada Press Association Board of Directors held a meeting via Zoom and approved three new publications as affiliate members of the organization. By the end of the day, only two of them were still publishing. After its membership application was approved, the Mesquite Citizen …
Read More »Connect with the community with a weekly publisher’s column
By Peter W. Wagner One of the best bits of advice I received before starting The N’West Iowa REVIEW came from the editor of the newspaper where we would be printing the new paper. “You need to write a weekly column,” he told me. “You need to let your readers …
Read More »Will online sales spell the end of community?
By Peter W. Wagner There’s a small women’s clothing boutique in our town whose owner claims to have 2,400 Facebook followers. It’s a claim that begs the question, how does a small-town boutique attract almost 25 hundred followers? In larger markets most of the specialty stores have professional agencies regularly …
Read More »Social media abuse costing journalists their own credibility
By Bart Pfankuch Of all the threats to the credibility of American journalists today, and there are many, the most damaging may be the result of a purely self-inflicted wound. The misuse of social media by reporters and editors — particularly on Twitter and Facebook — has made it easy …
Read More »Best practices from newspaper Zooms
Newspaper Relevance guru Tom Silvestri spent much of 2020 participating in webinars and virtual conferences and has compiled an exhaustive list of Best Advice. The nine-part series covers a wide range of topics with a heavy focus on revenue.“The Zoom world of newspaper conferences allowed me a front-row seat at …
Read More »Elko Daily Free Press – Mining Editor
MINING EDITOR Help keep northern Nevadans informed about state politics and rural issues, and the world informed about the multibillion-dollar gold mining industry in this full-time position at the Elko Daily Free Press. Northeastern Nevada’s largest newspaper publishes five days a week and keeps readers informed 24-7 at elkodaily.com. …
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