Report for America announced recently that it has opened a new round of applications for news organizations interested in hosting emerging journalists for up to three years, beginning next June. RFA places talented reporters in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. The program recruits journalists and pays …
Read More »NPA convention canceled for 2020
The Nevada Press Association Board of Directors has decided to cancel this year’s annual convention, which was scheduled to be held in Pahrump on Sept. 26. “We can’t predict the future,” said NPA President Noah Cusick, president of niche publications for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “But we know it’s unlikely …
Read More »President Trump is out to get me, and I’m scared to death.
No-Stigma Nevada, By Kim Palchikoff. President Trump is out to get me, and I’m scared to death. I have a mental illness. I live with bipolar disorder — mood swings that come and go and I struggle to control them. It is a medical condition formerly known as …
Read More »Tough times can bring opportunities, too
By John Kimball If you look, there are opportunities for newspapers to grow advertising revenue in some categories – not in spite of the COVID-19 health crisis, but because of it. Even as things begin to open up, financial planning, home decorating, landscaping, local home improvement and other types of …
Read More »Storey Teller lawsuit is dismissed
Storey County Commissioner Lance Gilman’s defamation case against Storey Teller editor Sam Toll has been dismissed by a district judge, who granted Toll’s anti-SLAPP motion, allowed him to be reimbursed for attorney fees and could grant $10,000 in damages from Gilman. Toll wrote that he expects an appeal from Gilman, …
Read More »Winning back advertising lost during the COVID-19 pandemic
By Peter W. Wagner Many publishers and their staffs are worried about jump-starting their local advertisers following the COVID-19 shutdown. Although they’ve faithfully published their paper, often at a loss the last three months, some former clients’ media confidence and buying habits have changed. We’ve had three long-established weekly newspapers …
Read More »Tips to do great journalism from your home
By Bart Pfankuch In the COVID-19 era, many more journalists are working from home, some enjoying the freedom, a few discovering the difficulties and most hopefully avoiding the traps. As someone who has worked from home for nearly three years, and who spent five years lightly supervised in a capital …
Read More »Are you reading your own websites?
By Jim Pumarlo Digital platforms go a long way toward leveling the playing field among daily and nondaily newspapers. Even the smallest of newsrooms can compete with their larger counterparts by posting news as it happens, and then directing readers to print editions for more complete reports. The value of …
Read More »Nevada journalist secures vital COVID information
This is a story about a skirmish in the eternal struggle for information between reporters and the governments they cover, and about the value of professional journalism. The story begins on March 13, when Gov. Steve Sisolak declared a state of emergency and ordered non-essential businesses closed until the threat …
Read More »News organizations need your help
A version of this column appeared in newspapers throughout Nevada. By Richard Karpel The Nevada newspapers or news websites you enjoy reading are in trouble. Like many other businesses, the COVID-19 crisis has eliminated most of their revenue but not the expenses, delivering a body blow to a business model …
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