By David Chavern It is no secret that we don’t like ad blockers. Last week, eMarketer estimated that nearly 87 million internet users will be blocking ads in the United States in 2017 – that’s 33 percent of internet users. In particular, deceiving the consumer into buying into a whitelisted, …

While game stories are important, adding new features and better coordination to your overall prep coverage plan can help maximize your resources. In this session, we’ll discuss devising a weekly schedule and implementing alternate story formats. We’ll also offer strategies on how to beef up sections with a limited staff. …

Matt Waite, a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism, who has been researching the use of drones by journalists, put together a post this week summarizing new rules that will go into effect. Says Waite: So the day we’ve been waiting for is here. The news is …

by Kevin Slimp A few months back, I had breakfast with the publisher of a very successful community newspaper in Minnesota. As we walked around the restaurant, I was introduced to local residents enjoying their muffins and eggs. At one table, a customer asked what I was doing in their …

Are you wondering how to make your coverage more successful in ways that will grow audience and engagement? In this session, Liz Worthington, content strategy program manager for the American Press Institute, will highlight research from 50-plus publishers across the country that have made strategic decisions to cover content differently. …

Here’s a belated congratulations to Carmen Kofoed, who has taken over as managing editor in Winnemucca, and a fairwell to Julie Fairman, who has left Laughlin for Colorado. Kofoed is now editor of the Humboldt Sun, Battle Mountain Bugle and Lovelock Review-Miner, as well as Nevada Rancher and the News4Nevada …

The Humboldt Sun, Battle Mountain Bugle and Lovelock Review-Miner will be printed in Carson City beginning in July, the papers announced recently. All three newspapers are owned by Winnemucca Publishing and had been printed on the company’s own presses in Winnemucca. “Our aging press, with last-century technology and limited paging …

Nevada Supreme Court justices will be looking at how courts statewide handle the names of minors in filings — when they should be kept confidential and when they should be public. Current practices appear to vary around the state. Justice Nancy Saitta petitioned the court to amend its rules to …

Each day of the year, I read dozens of news stories — interesting, dull, entertaining, poorly written and researched, provocative, mind-numbing. It takes all kinds. But this time of the year, I get to read the best of the best. I’m in the process of confirming 1,400-some entries for the …

We received 1,446 entries for the 2016 Better Newspaper and Magazine contests, down a bit from past years. That’s not surprising, as we pared a couple of categories and replaced a few. The last few years we’ve averaged about 1,550 entries. Now that the deadline for submissions has passed, what …