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Nevada Press Association board member Kelly Scott is leaving her post as executive editor of the Reno Gazette Journal for a new job as vice president of content at Alabama Media Group. Here’s the announcement today. Scott was president of the NPA board in 2016-17 and has served on the …

By Peter Wagner Local and even metro newspapers print very few new or used car display ads anymore. Automotive advertising, once a huge part of every paper’s revenue, has all but disappeared. Even those multi-page metro paper weekend automotive sections, packed full of car and truck feature stories and loaded …

By Kevin Slimp Disclosure: I have neither voted for, nor endorsed, any political candidate mentioned in this column. Spring has come to an end. I could have come up with that brilliant assumption from the sounds of the birds as I walked my neighborhood this morning, or the noticeable decrease …

By Barry Smith The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a strict reading of the state’s open-meeting law in a case that began with wildlife traps set by a Nevada state legislator five years ago and transformed into an ethics complaint. It all began when Assemblyman Ira Hansen, a plumber, outdoorsman, …

This history was compiled for the 1983 Nevada Press Bulletin. Ancient Indian tribes and the Nevada State Press Association had something in common. The tribes did not leave a written language, so tribal lore was passed down from generation to generation. Much of he lore was lost, some of it …

The Northern Nevada Business Weekly has gone monthly, which means it also needed a new name. It’s now Northern Nevada Business View. Publisher Ben Rogers announced the new name on Monday. “Despite the change to a new monthly format for our print edition, we will continue to produce our daily …

Elon Musk has a great idea for rating the credibility of the media. But it’s not a new idea. In fact, it’s the foundation of the First Amendment. Perhaps you’ve read about his tweet (above). Journalists love to discuss this stuff. It’s what we do. Obviously he recognizes this. He …

by Barry Smith In one case, a city council paused its meeting for a three-minute recess and huddled in private before the mayor announced, “We’ve got this figured out.” In another, the board’s policy on public comments advised its members “not to respond to even the most ridiculous statements.” And …

Not many names of Nevada journalists come up on the national radar more often than Frank McCulloch, the Fernley native and University of Nevada, Reno standout who became a war correspondent and led some of the most notable news operations on the West Coast. Read Warren Lerude’s obituary of McCulloch, …