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Nevada’s premier journalism contest has normally been called the Better Newspaper Contest, even though news websites and magazines joined the competition several years ago. The Nevada Press Association Awards Committee recently rectified that anomaly by renaming the contest the Awards of Excellence. The committee also made a made a few …

The Mesquite Local News, one of Nevada’s newer newspapers, will cease publication and the Eureka Sentinel, one of the state’s oldest, will be folded into the The Ely Times, according to announcements by their owner, Battle Born Media. The company founded by former Las Vegas publisher Sherm Frederick said its …

The ongoing defamation case by a Storey County commissioner against Sam Toll and his online publication The Storey Teller took another turn in Toll’s favor last month when a district judge ruled that Toll was a reporter and The Storey Teller was “the functional equivalent of a traditional printed newspaper.” …

By Richard Karpel As you juggle many competing priorities, we thought it would be helpful to share a running list of brief items relating to the coronavirus health crisis. Congressional relief for small businesses, including newspapers The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed last week by the …

by Kim Palchikoff How did you become a freelancer reporter? Ironically I learned the ins and outs of daily journalism, but at the time didn’t really like it. I wanted to be a paperback writer but when I was 22 years old, and was teaching English in Moscow, Russia, there …

March 15, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nevada Open Government Coalition Launches During Sunshine Week LAS VEGAS—A new, statewide coalition devoted to open government and transparency is launching during Sunshine Week 2020. The Nevada Open Government Coalition, an affiliate of the National Freedom of Information Coalition, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. …

by Kim Palchikoff How did you land in Carson City?  When I was hired, the Nevada Press Association board said I could work in Las Vegas, Reno or Carson City. The 2019 legislative session was scheduled to begin a week after I arrived in Nevada, so working in the capital …

Sunshine Week, the annual spotlight on open government and the role of a free press, is coming up March 15-21. Sponsored by the News Leaders Association and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, the week offers a chance for NPA members to remind their readers of the importance …

By Peter W. Wagner November’s announcement of the merger of Gannett, once considered the apex of all newspaper chains, and Gatehouse rocked our industry. Gannett was once the strongest voice for the newspaper industry, but it was Gatehouse that absorbed Gannett. Gatehouse, however, has since adopted the Gannett name. Now …

By Jim Pumarlo When is the last time readers said they were misquoted in a story? Or called to say they’re pleased with a story but irritated by a headline? Or took issue with how their ideas and statements were presented in a story? News staffs translate hundreds of facts …