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By Susan Rowell President of the National Newspaper Association There are two things you need to know about newspapers. Newspapers are important to community life and democracy. Always have been. We at the National Newspaper Association think it is important for all sorts of newspapers to survive for the sake …

Keith Moyer has added publisher to his title at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, after the retirement of Craig Moon, according to the newspaper’s story. Moyer has been editor-in-chief since coming to the Review-Journal two years ago, not long after Moon was named publisher during the shift to ownership of the …

Members of the printing, publishing and paper-producing industries, which employ more than 600,000 workers, are announcing the formation of Stop Tariffs on Printers & Publishers (STOPP), a coalition to fight proposed countervailing duties and anti-dumping duties on imports of Canadian uncoated groundwood papers including newsprint and other papers. These preliminary …

By David Chavern Every day at the News Media Alliance headquarters, a stack of newspapers arrives for myself and the staff. But with the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission currently considering tariffs on Canadian newsprint, those days of screen-free reading could be coming to an end. The …

Kevin Kampman is headed to Nevada from North Carolina to take over April 5 as publisher of the Elko Daily Free Press and its sister newspaper, the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho. “I’m anxious to see Elko because I’ve never seen a mining community like that,” he is quoted in …

  Each year, the Nevada Press Association honors the best journalism, photos and advertising in the state. We champion First Amendment principles, and we shine a light on state and local government. If you would like to help NPA celebrate the most distinguished journalism awards program in Nevada, just call …

By Kevin Slimp I’ve noticed a definite trend lately. It might be related to the increased number of industry activities I’m involved in these days, or perhaps it’s just be one of those things that can’t be explained. Whatever the reason, I’ve been getting a lot more email over the …

We allow individuals to enter their own work in the annual Better Newspaper and Magazine contests, as long as it appeared in a member publication or web site during the contest year. Most of the time, the newspapers and magazines enter the work of their staff members or regular contributors. …

At times on Wednesday in the Nevada Supreme Court, it sounded like three different cases were being argued. All were about the attempt by Nevada Policy Research Institute to obtain information from Nevada’s Public Employee Retirement System on its payments to retired state workers. This has been going on for …

Sunshine Week, which runs March 11-17, is the annual event by the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. They provide materials for Nevada Press Association members to use during the week, including cartoons, columns and logos, as well as ideas for story …