It’s painful to watch, yes. But as journalists it’s impossible to look away. I’m talking about the latest turmoil at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where three-decade columnist (and multiple NPA award-winner) John L. Smith has resigned. As I said this morning on Joe Schoenmann’s show on KNPR, “I’m sure they …
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A recent ruling by a Clark County district judge has bolstered Nevada’s already-strong shield law. As explained in this story by Sandra Chereb for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the shield was extended to a documentary filmmaker who had interviewed a witness in a criminal trial. Lawyers for Robert Sharpe III, …
Read More »Nevada should be like a kid happily skipping home to show his parents a ‘B’ on his report card. And taxpayers, reporters and other watchdogs should be like the stern parents who respond, “Yes, I’m happy too. But you know you can do better.” The ‘B’ earned by Nevada is …
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By Kevin Slimp The past four weeks have been a blur. I remember driving along a beach in Florida, using a snow shovel for the first time during a blizzard in Minnesota, eating pizza with old friends in Des Moines and standing in front of audiences in both Rochester and …
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As is often the case, it didn’t take long for a judge to recognize the value in opening some previously sealed state records in the case of two inmates shot by a prison guard. According to the story by Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Sandra Chereb, U.S. District Judge Andrew P. …
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The Medford Mail Tribune’s recent participation in GateHouse’s Better Journalism Project revealed several best practices for consistently creating enterprise news, as well as developing a highly visible campaign for readers. In this session, learn how to plan for, execute and promote enterprise journalism on a weekly basis. Registration deadline: Monday, …
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By David Chavern President and CEO, NAA In June, the Department of Labor proposed increasing the salaries test used to determine if an employee is eligible for overtime from the current threshold of $23,660 to $50,440 annually. This means that employees – such as managers, supervisors and other professionals who …
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Reno News & Review editor D. Brian Burghart has stepped down to devote full time to a project, Fatal Encounters, that has generated national attention in recent years. The site is a national database of police killings and was started when nothing like it existed. Fatal Encounters gained considerable traction …
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As the Nevada Press Association is located in the Rinckel Mansion, a half-block away from the construction zone on Carson Street, we have a keen interest in the project going on now and continuing to Nevada Day. (Well, before Nevada Day. They promise to have it done by then.) Take …
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