Start with the letter E! By Peter W. Wagner Founder and publisher of The N’West Iowa REVIEW The challenge of selling newspaper, shopper and magazine ads can turn into an exasperating experience. There are moments when everything and everyone seems to be working against you. You hit the street early, …
Read More »The infamous Gold Hill News gang
The story of the Gold Hill News isn’t like quite any other newspaper in Nevada, and that’s why you owe it to yourself to hear David Toll tell it firsthand at his upcoming lecture at the Nevada State Museum. If you’ve worked long in journalism in Nevada, or read much …
Read More »Circulation managers to meet in Las Vegas
The annual conference of the Cal Western Circulation Managers Association is scheduled to begin June 20 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. The group has a full schedule of seminars planned over the course of the four-day conference. You can find out more and register here.
Read More »2017 convention coming to Carson City
The Nevada Press Association’s annual convention will be Sept. 29-30 in Carson City. Plan to join us on Friday, Sept. 29, for a reception at the historic Rinckel Mansion, home of the NPA (as well as offices of the capital bureaus of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Associated Press and Nevada …
Read More »Freedom of the press under fire
I left Joe Crowley Theater on Tuesday evening without much encouragement that freedom of the press, as we know it, is alive or well. The occasion was a talk by RonNell Andersen Jones and David Greene, moderated by Patrick File, on threats to the First Amendment. The title of the …
Read More »New Voices bill passes its first test
At the end of the day, Senate Bill 420, which is the Nevada version of New Voices legislation, was recommended for approval on Thursday by the Senate Committee on Education, the first step toward giving more protection to the rights of student journalists. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Nicole …
Read More »Investigative stories from Las Vegas and Reno
The Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Reno Gazette-Journal are showing their investigative skills with a pair of eye-opening series this week. The Review-Journal on Sunday — highlighting a new design for the paper and web site — dug into some over-the-top spending of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau. …
Read More »Are printed papers going the way of Sears and Macy’s?
There are commonalities and that could be a good thing Peter W, Wagner, Founder, The N’West Iowa REVIEW The March edition of FORTUNE magazine forecasts a difficult future for America’s department stores. From total sales of $230 billion in the 1990s. the figure dropped to $155 billion last year. “But …
Read More »Newspaper Day: Tours and a talk with the governor
Newspaper Day at the Capital brought perfect spring weather, a long talk with the governor, a chance to act like a fourth-grader again and, finally, the party that threatened to go all night — but didn’t. A small group was led on tours through the Legislative Building and Capitol on …
Read More »If open government bothers you, don’t apply
One of the finalists for the Reno city manager job was “vocally critical” of Nevada’s open process for hiring, according to coverage in the Reno Gazette-Journal. That, in itself, isn’t too surprising. Several times over the last few years, Nevada local governments have made attempts to water down the hiring …
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