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.

The astonishing response to AP’s request for records

Nevada Legislative Building

Here’s my quote in the Associated Press story about the Legislature’s response to a request for some records: “I’m appalled by the breadth of the arrogance in this response.” I told reporter Michelle Rindels quite a bit more, too (which I’ll get to later), but I think this pretty well …

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Sunshine in Government: Pass the Freedom of Information reforms

A coalition of media groups today urged every U.S. Senator to support legislation that establishes a presumption of openness in law, encourages agencies to use public-friendly technology, and makes other changes to the way agencies respond to requests for information from the public. The Sunshine in Government Initiative (SGI) sent …

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Enact common-sense drone rules

By Mickey H. Osterreicher, Esq. National Press Photographers Association Amidst all the hysterical reports that the sky is falling or it’s literally raining drones, Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis recently introduced a thoughtful Micro Drone amendment to the FAA Reauthorization Act. The amendment would create a new “Micro UAS Classification” of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, …

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Sunshine Week March 13-19

Sunshine Week

The best disinfectant. Let’s give credit where credit is due, as this is all about newspapers and journalism, where attribution is everything. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote it: “Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; …

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Opposition to EPA’s proposal on public notices

EPA headquarters

The Nevada Press Association today joined the Public Notice Resource Center and 42 other organizations in urging the Environmental Protection Agency to continue notifying the public of important information through newspapers. PNRC filed comments asking EPA not to deprive the public of newspaper notices relating to the approval of permits …

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Spotlight: Give journalism a chance

Comfort the afflicted. Afflict the comfortable. Have an Oscar-winning movie made about it. That’s a journalism formula we’ve seldom seen since 1976, when All the President’s Men starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman caused a glut of  students to seek J-school degrees and flood the market just as I was …

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