By Al Cross This column is titled “Into the Issues” because it began as an effort to help community newspapers explore issues that affected their communities, sometimes from afar. It has evolved to include editorial issues that face community papers. But for an increasing number of papers, the main issue …
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Award winning writer, journalist and publisher, David W. Toll passed away at his home in Gold Hill on Sunday, February 13 after a lengthy illness. David Toll was born in Los Angeles to Carroll C. Toll and Jessie Gorham Toll on July 24, 1936 and grew up in Santa Barbara. …
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When Teresa Stewart was laid off from The Ely Times during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, she took a job at a local clinic. She worked there five months before realizing she missed the hustle and bustle of newspaper work. But in a small town, there aren’t many …
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By Jim Pumarlo I fondly characterize newsrooms as organized chaos. I witnessed that firsthand guiding staffs when resources were plentiful and community newspapers had captive audiences. Dynamics are even more frayed in today’s changing media landscape as editors grapple with diminished resources and increased constraints on news gathering. Editors and …
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Kirk Kern knows a thing or two about moving on. Throughout his long newspaper career, he has never been without a job. But his position as chief operating officer at Battle Born Media and publisher of the company’s Mesquite Local News was eliminated in March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic …
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Tom Silvestri, executive director of the Relevance Project, recently shared a list of actions to consider to “make the New Year better than 2021.” Silvestri wrote: “It was compiled by a smart marketer here in Richmond, Va., Dave Saunders, and his firm, Madison + Main. Dave used to work …
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A Mesquite journalist sued by the chief of police has responded with a motion to have the lawsuit dismissed and seek $10,000 in compensation. Barbara Ellestad, who operated the Mesquite Citizen Journal before shutting it down earlier this year, was sued by Mesquite Police Chief MaQuade Chesley for defamation after …
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The Nevada Press Foundation (NPF) announced today that six new members have been elected to its Board of Trustees, including two members hailing from outside the world of Nevada journalism. NPF also amended its bylaws at the group’s recent annual meeting. The new members elected to the Board for two-year …
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This is the last in a series on newer members of the Nevada Press Association. You may read other articles in the series by scrolling through the stories here. Know your audience. That’s good advice in most endeavors, and Rachel Dahl took it to heart in creating The Fallon Post …
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By Jim Pumarlo Newspapers smartly are promoting their roles as government watchdogs to reinforce their strengths in the fractured media landscape. I join the chorus: Vibrant coverage of public affairs is at the foundation of vibrant communities. The theme was underscored in a couple of recent webinars. What do you …
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