Wabuska Mangler

For the better part of 30 years, I had a police scanner sitting on my desk. A black box with a speaker and an antenna, its row of red lights cycled endlessly through the channels of various police, fire and emergency departments. Depending on the city where I sat in …

The Yesco sign company erected a new historical marker on Wednesday at the Rinckel Mansion, home of the Reynolds Press Center and NPA. The marker is the work of the State Historic Preservation Office, which has been on a mission since the Nevada sesquicentennial to update markers across the state. …

For the first time, associate members of the Nevada Press Association will have a seat on the board of directors. Before the change was made at the NPA’s general meeting on Oct. 3, associate members — those which do not hold a publications mailing permit and don’t qualify to publish …

On Saturday, a panel of experts told Nevada Press Association members everything they needed to know about using drones for newsgathering. Well, they may not have covered everything. But Mark Hinueber, counsel for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Assemblyman Eliot Anderson, whose drone bill went into effect the day before, and …

What I want to know is, who went online and didn’t read anything that came from a newspaper? The Newspaper Association of America reported today the digital audience engaged with newspaper content reached a new peak in August 2015, totaling 179.3 million adult unique visitors. The count is a 10% …

Here are a few tips from Caren Roblin, audience analyst for the Reno Gazette-Journal.

Arlington, Va. – Newspaper Association of America today announced that its board of directors has selected David Chavern, a seasoned public policy and advocacy leader, as its new president and CEO, effective October 14, 2015. Chavern succeeds Caroline H. Little, who led the association for four years and announced her retirement earlier in …

By Kevin Slimp In October, I traveled to Albuquerque, where I gave the Saturday keynote address at the New Mexico Press Association Convention. On Sunday morning, I caught a flight to Orlando, where I spoke at an international conference made up of newspaper and magazine publishers. My assignment in Florida …

National Newspaper Week, Oct. 4-10 By Steve Ranson, president of Nevada Press Association Despite the evolution of iPads, smartphones and apps to disseminate the news in one form or another, your local newspapers still hold an integral position in gathering and reporting the news. The newspaper in its present and …