Wabuska Mangler

By Bart Pfankuch I think as journalists we can all agree that there is no such thing as an “over-sourced” story. Readers will never complain that a reporter talked to too many people, read too many reports or examined too many documents. A well-sourced article or feature story is easy …

By Peter Wagner Smaller ads sold mostly to locally-owned businesses are a part of a community paper’s DNA. There weren’t any supermarkets, department stores or automobile dealerships when the majority of midwestern newspapers began publishing at the turn of the last century.  I have a framed copy of the Jan. …

By Richard Karpel The first truly horrendous bill of 2019 is barreling our way. Senate Bill 224 would hide the names of all members of Nevada’s Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) from public scrutiny. Anonymized information about the PERS system would still be subject to public records requests, but there …

Sunshine Week, the annual spotlight on open government and the role of a free press, is coming up March 10-16. Sponsored by the American Society of News Editors and the Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press, the week offers a chance for NPA members to remind their readers of …

We are excited to announce that we have scheduled a meeting for NPA members with Gov. Steve Sisolak on Monday, March 11, which will be Newspaper Day and the beginning of Sunshine Week in Nevada. The meeting will be held at 2 p.m in the Governor’s office.   We encourage …

I’m assuming you already read a little about my background when NPA announced it had hired my company to manage the association. So I’ll focus here on a few things you don’t know:  • I’m passionate about the role good journalism plays in improving our communities and making our world a …

Read all about it here The Nevada Press Association (NPA) announced today that it has engaged Karpel Public Affairs (KPA) to manage the organizations’ affairs beginning January 1, 2019. KPA President Richard Karpel will serve as executive director of the organization, replacing Barry Smith, who retired in October. KPA is …

Here are videos of the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame inductions, starting with the 2018 banquet in Las Vegas for Lisa Kim Bach, Tim Dahlberg and Don Ham.