Starting Sept. 5, the Las Vegas Review-Journal will join the ranks of newspapers charging for access to news on its website, the paper’s digital director announced today. “The Review-Journal will join the majority of large U.S. newspapers that now charge a minimal amount for access to digital content,” Review-Journal Publisher …
Read More »Scammed? Not if you were reading the paper
By Peter Wagner We published at least three stories recently regarding older Sheldon citizens being scammed over the phone for thousands of dollars. But even though the first two crimes were printed in our Sheldon Mail-Sun in detail, a third individual was taken for soon after for $16,000. When asked …
Read More »Call for editorials defending journalism
The Boston Globe has started a campaign calling for newspapers across the country to publish editorials on Aug. 16 in defense of journalism. “The slander of ‘fake news’ has become Donald Trump’s most potent tool of abuse and incitement against the First Amendment, labeling journalists the ‘enemy of the American …
Read More »The half-empty tariff glass
The U.S. Commerce Department’s decision last week to retain tariffs on newsprint from Canada was seen as something of a mixed bag, because the amount of the duties was reduced but they did remain in place. Here’s the opinion of the News Media Alliance, which continues to fight the tariffs …
Read More »How to spot a trend
By Bart Pfankuch A major goal of news reporting is to keep readers abridged of things, so it makes sense that uncovering and understanding trends should be part of any writer’s toolbox. Editors — and readers — love trend reporting. Editors puff up when they’re outlet is first to report …
Read More »Why? Because there’s only one way to build trust
Why? When newspapers ask for records from government agencies — and then have to go to court to make sure Nevada’s public-records law is enforced — the question often is raised as to why such information needs to be laid out in the open. Much of the time, it’s obvious …
Read More »Review-Journal to add View pages to Thursday editions
The Las Vegas Review-Journal announced today it will will incorporate its View neighborhood newspapers into its Thursday editions beginning July 26. Two pages of zoned local news will appear in the Review-Journal’s Life section every Thursday. View neighborhood news, including local crime maps and an overview of area road work, …
Read More »Open-meeting law fines may be increased
A bill draft from Nevada’s attorney general may propose stiffer penalties for public officials who violate the state’s open-meeting law. During a meeting Wednesday, the attorney general’s Open Meeting Law Task Force — of which I am a member — looked at several possible changes to the law, including raising …
Read More »Bipartisan support for fighting newsprint tariff
A bipartisan group of congressional representatives told the International Trade Commission on Tuesday that tariffs imposed on newsprint from Canada were costing jobs and hurting small newspapers across the United States. Here’s a story from a Roll Call, and the AP story from the hearing. The Nevada Press Association has …
Read More »Swift cuts print days at four papers
Sierra Nevada Media Group, the Swift Communications division in Northern Nevada, announced today it was cutting the number of print issues at the Nevada Appeal in Carson City, The Record-Courier in Minden-Gardnerville, the Lahontan Valley News in Fallon and the Tahoe Tribune at South Lake. The Appeal, currently publishing six …
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