Wabuska Mangler

The Wabuska Mangler was the name given to a mythical newspaper in 1889 by Sam Davis, then the editor of the Nevada Appeal. Wabuska is a small community in Lyon County east of Carson City.

Winnemucca Publishing has new general manager

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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