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As far as I know, this is a first for one of our Journalist of Merit award-winners. Many have gone on to great things, but now Scott Neuffer, formerly a reporter for The Record-Courier in Minden-Gardnerville, has released an album. Scott won a Journalist of Merit award in 2011 from …

Newspaper Association Managers, the group representing press association directors across the United States and Canada, will hold its annual conference in Reno on Aug. 9-12. The group is meeting at the Peppermill to discuss issues ranging from legislation affecting newspapers to revenue-raising ideas. About 50 people are expected. The Nevada …

The Asian American Journalists Association will hold its annual convention at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from Aug. 10-13. Here’s more about the conference. The group has an impressive lineup of speakers from Public Radio, CNN, Politico and several other news outlets on the agenda. Las Vegas-area journalists can get …

The National Endowment for the Humanities now has 15 Nevada newspapers available in digitized editions, primarily from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Jeffrey Kintop, administrator of the Nevada State Library and Archives, says “a special thanks should go to the Imaging and Preservation Services at the State Library, …

By David Chavern It is no secret that we don’t like ad blockers. Last week, eMarketer estimated that nearly 87 million internet users will be blocking ads in the United States in 2017 – that’s 33 percent of internet users. In particular, deceiving the consumer into buying into a whitelisted, …

Matt Waite, a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism, who has been researching the use of drones by journalists, put together a post this week summarizing new rules that will go into effect. Says Waite: So the day we’ve been waiting for is here. The news is …

Here’s a belated congratulations to Carmen Kofoed, who has taken over as managing editor in Winnemucca, and a fairwell to Julie Fairman, who has left Laughlin for Colorado. Kofoed is now editor of the Humboldt Sun, Battle Mountain Bugle and Lovelock Review-Miner, as well as Nevada Rancher and the News4Nevada …

The Humboldt Sun, Battle Mountain Bugle and Lovelock Review-Miner will be printed in Carson City beginning in July, the papers announced recently. All three newspapers are owned by Winnemucca Publishing and had been printed on the company’s own presses in Winnemucca. “Our aging press, with last-century technology and limited paging …

Nevada Supreme Court justices will be looking at how courts statewide handle the names of minors in filings — when they should be kept confidential and when they should be public. Current practices appear to vary around the state. Justice Nancy Saitta petitioned the court to amend its rules to …

Each day of the year, I read dozens of news stories — interesting, dull, entertaining, poorly written and researched, provocative, mind-numbing. It takes all kinds. But this time of the year, I get to read the best of the best. I’m in the process of confirming 1,400-some entries for the …