Shooting, editing video on your phone
Here’s the best tip I learned from David Guzman’s video seminar at the Nevada Press Association convention: Your Apple earpods, which came with the iPhone and have a built-in microphone on the right-hand wire, function as a microphone when you’re shooting video. It’s rather obvious, but I never thought about …
Read More »John L. Smith inducted into Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame
For more than three decades, John L. Smith was a daily columnist for the state’s largest newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he was considered a must read by R-J readers. Born and reared in Southern Nevada, John’s deep roots in the Silver State provided context that no other columnist could …
Read More »2016 Better Newspaper Contest award winners
Here are the winners in the 2016 Better Newspaper Contest, which was judged by members of the Arizona Newspapers Association. The awards were presented during a banquet on Sept. 24 at the CasaBlanca in Mesquite. Jump to Intermediate Community Urban Weeklies Magazines (The winners are in …
Read More »Convention, awards banquet in Mesquite
We’re excited for the annual convention and awards banquet this weekend at the CasaBlanca in Mesquite. Plan to attend a Friday evening reception at the CasaBlanca. On Saturday, we will begin with the annual general membership meeting of the Nevada Press Association, followed by training sessions and workshops for members. …
Read More »Laura Myers Hall of Fame induction
Jason Taylor speaks at Nevada Press banquet
Our best convention of the year
For all his protestations, John Maher was a terrific emcee for the NPA awards banquet on Friday at the Nugget in Sparks. The Reno Gazette-Journal publisher kept things moving, got off a few jokes and wry comments, and pronounced most of the names right. Las Vegas Review-Journal Publisher Jason Taylor …
Read More »Nevada Press Convention 2015
Nevada Press Association Convention 2015 at the Nugget in Sparks this Friday and Saturday. The annual awards banquet, honoring the best in journalism and inductions to the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame, will be Friday night, with cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The schedule for the …
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