Hali Bernstein Saylor, Boulder City Review Tell us about yourself. I was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California and graduated from California State University, Northridge with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, I ultimately landed in the Las Vegas area in 2001. My husband and I …
Read More »Traditional network stations don’t usually report their lower viewership.
By Peter Wagner I’m amazed at how the traditional, over-the-air, television networks consistently report that “newspapers are dead.” Their anchors report that story time and again, but never report their own losses in viewership. The most recent example took place on the Oct. 6, 2019, broadcast of CBS News Sunday …
Read More »Labor’s new rule on overtime
The Department of Labor published its final rule on Sept. 27, 2019, increasing the threshold used to determine the exempt status of white-collar employees under the minimum wage and overtime rules of the Fair Labor Standards Act. While the new threshold in the final rule may require some small market …
Read More »How to improve meeting coverage
Moving from routine to highly relevant By Bart Pfankuch This column is aimed at every single journalist working anywhere in the world now and in the future. That’s a big bill to fill, but with tips to improve coverage of any type of meeting, the following concepts apply both to …
Read More »As the newspaper industry consolidates, printing options dwindle
By Teri Saylor for the Nevada Press Association and the National Newspaper Association Despite having to find a new printer for his newspapers on short notice, Kirk Kern (photo below) considers himself lucky. Last July, Kern, the chief operating officer of Battle Born Media in Boulder City, Nevada received a …
Read More »NPA Member Spotlight: Mike Smith, Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas Sun political cartoonist Mike Smith has been a professional artist for more than 30 years. In addition to drawing a daily cartoon five days a week for the Sun, Smith is a syndicated cartoonist for King Features Syndicate. Approximately 270 newspapers nationwide distribute his work. He is also the author …
Read More »National Newspaper Week coming Oct. 6-12
The theme for this year’s National Newspaper Week, Oct. 6-12, is “Think F1rst — Know Your 5 Freedoms” and encourages readers to cherish all of the guarantees of the First Amendment. Nevada newspapers will find several ideas for localizing their Newspaper Week efforts at this site hosted by Newspaper Association …
Read More »NPA names six as 2019 First Amendment Champions
The Nevada Press Association’s highest legislative priority in 2019 was improving government compliance with the state’s Public Records Act. The vessel for our aspirations was Senate Bill 287. The final version of SB 287 established penalties for local governments and state agencies that willfully violate the law; limited their use …
Read More »NPA 2019 awards contest winners announced
The Nevada Press Association announced the winners of its 2019 Better Newspaper and Magazine Contest this evening in Ely at its annual awards banquet. The first-, second- and third-place winners in each category in both the journalism and advertising segments of the contest are listed below. The award-winning graphics and …
Read More »NPA proposes historic changes to membership rules
The Nevada Press Association Board of Directors has proposed amending the organization’s governing documents to allow online news sites, magazines and other types of news publishers in the Silver State to apply for full membership rights in the association. Under NPA’s current rules, only newspapers that are statutorily authorized to …
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