The Nevada Press Association is the formal trade organization for the newspaper industry in Nevada. It is a voluntary non-profit organization that represents daily and weekly newspapers in Nevada and the Lake Tahoe region of Northern California, as well as online news services. The association has a long history. Between …
Read More »New management seminar scheduled
What You Need to Know About Overtime and Independent Contractor Laws and Regulations Friday, October 16 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT Do you find yourself scratching your head when it comes to labor laws and regulations for independent contractors? Join Michael Zinser for this informative webinar to gain a better understanding of …
Read More »Is the open meeting law really that hard?
I’m not an attorney, and I try not to sound like one when I’m giving advice or testifying in front of the Legislature. However, I do spend a lot of time analyzing statues such as Nevada’s records and open-meeting laws, which gives me an opinion on whether they are difficult …
Read More »Review-journal editor on reader reaction to redesign
All I see in Carson City is the Las Vegas Review-Journal online edition, so I can’t comment on the specifics of the paper’s new look. I have been through a few redesigns, however, and i know most readers in a few months won’t even remember what the old paper looked …
Read More »Community comes to aid of newspaper
“If you do not already subscribe to your local paper, do it.”
Read More »Better choices for time capsules
It does seem rather odd to put newspapers in time capsules. I mean, unless they’re sealed for thousands of years, you could just look up what was happening around that time by visiting the local library. Libraries are the opposite of a time capsule. Anyway, the director of the Nevada …
Read More »Cry me a river
Listening to KUNR while driving to work this morning, I was sympathetic to a story about a YouTube video entrepreneur whose work is being plagiarized on Facebook. After all, internet audiences often are built on the content of others. Some of the most-trafficked sites in the world, such as reddit, …
Read More »How to watch the Fox debate
I’ve never seen a debate quite like the scrum coming up Thursday evening on Fox News, but I’ve moderated and covered enough candidate forums to have an idea what to look for. 1. Who answers the question? Candidates typically want to stay ‘on message’ and have pat answers to topics, …
Read More »Removing trees at Rinckel Mansion
For anybody wondering, the trees removed Friday afternoon from the front of the Rinckel Mansion (Reynolds Press Center) were an invasive species known as Tree of Heaven. They have provided wonderful shade for my parking spot for the past nine years, but a month or so ago a big branch …
Read More »Comstock Chronicle getting new owner
Another Nevada newspaper is changing hands — this time, it’s the Comstock Chronicle in Virginia City. Richard and Angela Mann, who have been running the Chronicle for eight years, announced they have sold the weekly paper to Zach and Harry Spencer, who have extensive backgrounds in newspapers and public relations. …
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