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Journalists of Merit awards from the Nevada Press Association recognize people who have fewer than five years of experience in the industry and show through the quality of their work that they are the future of our profession. TONI R. MILANO, Elko Daily Free Press Toni R. Milano began writing …

Rachel Crosby Just 24 hours after being named one of Nevada’s journalists of merit, Rachel Crosby was among the first reporters to respond to reports of a shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas that turned out to be the worst mass killing in the history of the …

By Kevin Slimp I’ve been noticing a couple of patterns lately, and I wonder if you have been, too. More for fun than anything, and to keep up with as much as possible in the newspaper business, I created stateofnewspapers.com a few months back. A quick check at the unique …

I was honored to be part of the ceremony this morning for striking a commemorative silver medallion to mark the 125th birthday of  The Nevada Sagebrush, the student newspaper of the University of Nevada. Reno. At the Nevada State Museum in Carson City, where historic Coin Press No. 1 is …

By Peter W. Wagner Some of you may remember the story, strongly circulated a decade ago, about a man who sold hot dogs along the side of a road. The man didn’t hear very well so he didn’t have a radio. He had eye problems, so he didn’t read the …

The International Trade Commission has determined that American producers of newsprint weren’t harmed by imports from Canada, reversing tariffs imposed by the U.S. Commerce Department. Unfortunately, the damage already was done to newspapers across the United States over the past several months when the cost of the paper they are …

It’s a sad day for the Nevada Press Association and journalists across Nevada. Mark Hinueber, who fought for them in court and behind the scenes as an attorney for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, has died. Here’s his obituary in the Review-Journal by Jane Ann Morrison. I’m proud to have known …

The Poynter Media Trust Survey released this month shows trust in the news is increasing — especially of local news. It’s still a long way from solid. In fact, “tepid” is the word used by researchers Andrew Guess, Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler in their report. As a whole, the …

“I hate newspapermen,” wrote William Tecumseh Sherman, whose scorched-earth march to the sea made him one of the Civil War’s most respected and despised military leaders. “They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. “I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they …