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By Bart Pfankuch In the COVID-19 era, many more journalists are working from home, some enjoying the freedom, a few discovering the difficulties and most hopefully avoiding the traps. As someone who has worked from home for nearly three years, and who spent five years lightly supervised in a capital …

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 …

Online Entry The Nevada Press Foundation sponsors the Awards of Excellence and uses an online entry and judging system hosted by SmallTownPapers, Inc. The main contest page is betternewspapercontest.com, where contestants go to submit their entries digitally.  Seven categories still require hard copies to be mailed but even those must …

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 …

  In November, the Attorney General’s Office hosted a day of training for members of state boards and commissions subject to Nevada laws regulating their processes and conduct, including administrative rule making, state contracting and ethics in government.   The training also featured modules on the responsibilities of official boards …

Nevada Press members will be judging Utah Press Association contest entries in February, and we need volunteers to sign up now to help judge news, advertising, photo and design entries. All you need to do is shoot us an email at admin(at)nevadapress.com. We’ll contact you with the instructions. Judging will …

By Bart Pfankuchj As journalists, we all seek to be objective when it comes to news coverage. Producing balanced, unbiased reporting has never been more critical. And yet, true objectivity is difficult to obtain, particularly when the best journalism is also probing, critical and focused on complex, multi-pronged problems. Therefore, …

By Peter Wagner Every once in a while, someone asks me what I plan to do now that “newspapers are dead. ” But if print is dead, why are so many national companies still sending me their thick, slick, full-color catalogs?” Connie and I usually get at least two or …

By Peter W. Wagner There’s times when producing a community paper can seem like being in a circus. One moment you are the acrobat balancing your way across a high wire and the next you’re the featured clown. I learned, while attending seminars in Massachusetts recently, that the small tent …