Matt Dierlam has taken over as general manager for Winnemucca Publishing, replacing Holly Rudy-James, who retired after serving in that job for the past 14 years. Dierlam most recently worked in sales and marketing for Alaska Direct Media and, prior to that, was general manager for Alaska Media LLC, according …
Read More »Nevada journalists would never fake the news. Would they?
Fake the news? Who would do such a thing? Well, in Nevada, we’re known through the history of newspapers for being among the best at making up stories and publishing them as fact. Here’s a terrific look back at some of the champions of fake news through the decades, by …
Read More »Clean up your copy
AP style — it’s the industry standard, and an ever-evolving set of rules that journalists need to understand and follow. Amber Krosel, a member of the American Copy Editors Society, will get you caught up on recent changes to the stylebook, as well as old standards that routinely trip up …
Read More »Fight for Lyon County e-mails heads to Nevada Supreme Court
The group engaged in a long fight against a mining company on the Comstock has appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court to read e-mails sent among county commissioners leading up to a controversial zoning decision. In a brief filed this month, the Comstock Residents Association says a judge was wrong …
Read More »Trump front pages in Nevada
Here are today’s front pages from three of the daily newspapers in Nevada — Las Vegas, Reno and Carson City.
Read More »RGJ Media gets new president
Ryan Kedzierski has been named president of RGJ Media, which includes RGJ.com and the Reno Gazette-Journal. Here’s the story. Kedzierski has been leading the sales group at RGJ since August, when John Maher left to become president of the Oregonian Media Group in Portland. According to the announcement, Kedzierski is …
Read More »Press can take photos at the polls
When I voted early on Saturday at Carson City’s courthouse, I noticed a small sign on the corridor wall reminding people that Nevada law prohibits photos in polling places. That’s true as far as it goes. The statute excepts the working press. Here it is: NRS 293.274 Members of general public allowed …
Read More »Learning from really smart people
Interviews with experts yield valuable information By Kevin Slimp I live a charmed life. Last week, I spent four days with nine of the top newspaper experts in the business, along with journalists from 22 states at The Newspaper Institute in Knoxville, Tenn. When attendees get home, they often write …
Read More »2016 NPA photo award winners
Shooting, editing video on your phone
Here’s the best tip I learned from David Guzman’s video seminar at the Nevada Press Association convention: Your Apple earpods, which came with the iPhone and have a built-in microphone on the right-hand wire, function as a microphone when you’re shooting video. It’s rather obvious, but I never thought about …
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