Nevada’s public records act withstood another test — this one was more like a four-corner stall — when the Nevada Supreme Court ordered Las Vegas Metro to release 911 calls, video-cam footage and other records from the horrific massacre that occurred six months ago. Five of the justices concurred, and …
Read More »New publisher for Comstock Chronicle
The Comstock Chronicle and Dayton Valley Dispatch have a new publisher, Denise Crites, the papers announced. Crites owns a photography business in Dayton and is former director of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. She takes over for Elaine Barkdull-Spencer, who is co-owner of the papers and has been serving …
Read More »Stop filtering the news
News Media Alliance Calls on Duopoly to Stop Filtering Quality News, Take Responsibility for News Content on Its Platforms CEO Testifies before Congress, Says Platforms Are Not Neutral and Should Be Held Accountable ARLINGTON, Va. – News Media Alliance President and CEO David Chavern today called on the major technology …
Read More »Need some inspiration?
Looking for some ideas on how to turn your newspaper around? Search no further than this story on the Malheur Enterprise, the weekly newspaper in Vale, Ore., which has made headlines in recent months for its prize-winning stories and tenacity in surviving — actually, thriving — at a time when …
Read More »Don’t panic. We’ll weather the storm
By Kevin Slimp So much to write about, so little space. It’s been a whirlwind of a week for me, beginning in Knoxville, Tenn., where I caught a flight for a “quick trip” to Winnipeg, before heading home for a couple of days, then heading to Sioux Falls, S.D., and …
Read More »Record-Courier publisher retires
Pat Bridges, publisher for the Record-Courier in Douglas County, retired on April 19 after six years with the newspaper. Here’s editor Kurt Hildebrand’s column on Pat’s retirement and career, which was with Carson City-based Swift Communications over the past decade. He was a sales representative for the Tampa Tribune, worked …
Read More »First Amendment forum coming April 25
The Reynolds School of Journalism will host a First Amendment forum featuring Lucy Dalglish and Trevor Timm starting at 7 p.m. April 25 in the theater of the Joe Crowley Student Union on the campus of the University of Nevada in Reno. Dalglish, a media lawyer and dean of the …
Read More »It’s so easy to enter
Fadel: I just keep doing my job
Leila Fadel had just moved to Las Vegas when breaking news interrupted her regular beat. In fact, it was the biggest breaking news ever to hit Las Vegas — the Oct. 1 massacre at the Route 91 Harvest music festival, when a gunman murdered 58 people and left another 851 …
Read More »Territorial Enterprise nominated as historic site in journalism
The Territorial Enterprise building in Virginia City has been nominated for recognition by the Society of Professional Journalists as a Historic Site in Journalism. The nomination was submitted last month by Joey Lovato, a reporter and podcast producer, as an independent study project for the journalism school at the University …
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