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A resident of Reno from age five, Dennis Myers cut a wide swath through Nevada media and politics. In the late 1960s, he attended the University of Nevada-Reno where he wrote for The Sagebrush student newspaper and covered the Nevada Legislature for Reno and Las Vegas radio stations. For many …

Nellie Mighels Davis was the first woman to cover the Nevada Legislature, reporting on the assembly in 1877 and 1879, when her husband Henry Rust Mighels owned the Nevada Morning Appeal. When he died in the spring of 1879, Nellie assumed ownership and took over as publisher of the Carson …

The Newspaper Association Managers’ Relevance Project has released its extensive Revenue Resource 2020 to assist newspapers in aiding businesses of all sorts during the problematic pandemic. “Our goal is to keep expanding this new resource,” said Steve Nixon, NAM president. “We appreciate our associations’ support of The Relevance Project and …

By Peter W. Wagner Few customers would enter a bakery to buy a cake and expect to make the batter yourself. Nor would they schedule repair work on their car and assume they’d have to provide all the parts. Selling newspaper and shopper advertising is more difficult today than it …

A photo by RGJ staffer Jason Bean of a protest in Minden caught national attention — in some cases, for the wrong reasons. But Jenny Kane’s follow-up story shows why reporting, context and local knowledge — the standard stuff of  journalism — remain the keystones for information in chaotic times. …

The following is reprinted with permission from Grassroots Editor, a publication of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors, and was written for its annual Golden Quill awards for excellence in editorial writing. By Barry Smith When I was writing editorials, I kept in the back of my mind two …

By Bart Pfankuch Writing a great news article takes thought, concentration and a basis of solid reporting. Some articles flow from the fingertips like a flood, gushing forth in a logical manner, flowing at a proper pace with clear meaning. Others require a struggle that can seem insurmountable. Either way, …

By Layne Bruce Layne Bruce A move by the USPS to slow down mail service by cutting overtime and reducing sortation sure seems like a gambit by the Trump administration to impact voting by mail this fall. He practically said as much Aug. 13 on Fox Business. Democrats have proposed …

by Peter W. Wagner With COVID-19 pressing many families to cancel distant summer vacations, it’s a good time to consider publishing one or more “StayCation” sections. Our Iowa Information team produced a four-week series of “StayCation” sections in 2011 when America’s high gas prices also kept families close to home. …