By Jim Stasiowski Maybe I was just in the right mood for a metaphor, or maybe the girl on the swing was just a girl on a swing. But she bolstered my faith in the resurgence of newspapers. On a chilly Saturday morning, as my wife, Sharon, and I walked …

By Kevin Slimp I remember the first time I spoke in Chattanooga, Tenn. It was 1994 and I had just developed a new way to create and transmit newspaper ads. Preparing to speak from the stage at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel, I looked over the audience of 150 or so publishers …

Here are the Powerpoint presentation and an mp4 audio of Richard Karpel’s session held on Nov. 16 for Nevada Press Association members. It covers the basics of public notice, plus a dozen suggestions you can put to use at your newspaper starting today.

By Al Cross A year ago this month, Donald J. Trump surprised most of the world and probably himself by winning the presidential election. He couldn’t have done it without rural America. The numbers in the exit polls were clear. Trump won 62 percent of the rural vote, more than …

We dropped in at Sundance Books in Reno on Tuesday to listen to a conversation between authors and journalists Sally Denton and John Smith, a precursor to her speech that night as part of the Nevada Humanities Laxalt Distinguished Writers Program. I was sorry to miss the speech itself, where …

By Peter Wagner There are times when It seems that every local business is turning to the internet in the belief it is free and the only way to connect with younger Americans. It is a movement, say so-called experts, that will bring an end to the newspaper industry. But …

Listen in for the Nevada Press podcast, where Barry Smith talks — briefly, thank goodness — about stories from the newspapers around the state and issues involving journalism and media. Available now on TuneIn, which means you can request it by asking Alexa on your Amazon devices. You can subscribe …

Comstock residents made a strong argument to the Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday for access to public records contained on officials’ private cell phones. The case dates back more than four years, when the Comstock Residents Association asked for copies of communications between Lyon County officials and Comstock Mining Inc. …

By Jim Stasiowski Jean Coleman hired me in 1976 even though I had neither a journalism degree nor experience in writing for a newspaper. Although I wanted to be a reporter, she hired me for the only job she had open at the small Florida newspaper she edited: night and …

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