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2021 Convention program

August 1, 2021 Convention, Wabuska Mangler 0

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 …

How to grow your coverage of agriculture

June 30, 2021 Classroom, Newspaper industry, Wabuska Mangler 1

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 …

NPA Convention is Sept. 18 in Reno

June 29, 2021 Convention 0

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 …

NPA Board approves three new member publications

June 2, 2021 Members, Wabuska Mangler 0

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 …

Connect with the community with a weekly publisher’s column

May 2, 2021 Classroom 0

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 …

Will online sales spell the end of community?

March 30, 2021 Advertising, Classroom 0

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 …

Social media abuse costing journalists their own credibility

March 30, 2021 Classroom, Journalism 0

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 …

Best practices from newspaper Zooms

February 13, 2021 Classroom 0

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 …

Elko Daily Free Press – Mining Editor

February 1, 2021 Job bank, Members Comments Off on 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. …

What will 2021 bring for newspapers and shoppers?

January 31, 2021 Classroom, Wabuska Mangler 0

By Peter W. Wagner The “good old days,” when the hometown newspaper was often the only game in town, are gone forever. New digital platforms are arriving, and sometimes disappearing, quicker than an editor can shout “stop the press.” But digital competition isn’t just upsetting the newspaper and shopper industry. …