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Fallon, NV – The Nevada Press Foundation honored the best in Nevada journalism at its Awards of Excellence Dinner on Saturday, September 20, 2025, in Fallon. The event, sponsored by Southwest Gas, recognized the outstanding reporting, photography, design, and storytelling that keep Nevada communities informed. Among the evening’s top honors: …
Read More »Restoring journalists’ First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse door.
By Steve Ranson Thirty years ago — Jan. 13, 1988— the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-3 decision that student journalists shed some of their constitutional rights at the school door, and school administrators could remove material they deemed inappropriate — or, in many cases, embarrassing to them personally. The …
Read More »Freedom of the press under fire
I left Joe Crowley Theater on Tuesday evening without much encouragement that freedom of the press, as we know it, is alive or well. The occasion was a talk by RonNell Andersen Jones and David Greene, moderated by Patrick File, on threats to the First Amendment. The title of the …
Read More »Bots can spell, but can they write?
Reporters are among the last remnants of old-time newspapering that haven’t been replaced by technology yet. But they’re working on it. When we moved from typewriters to computers, it was a great thing for the newsroom. Not so good for the paste-up department, where pink slips were handed out. (At …
Read More »Bringing police body-cams into sharper focus
Testimony on two bills requiring the use of body-cams by Nevada police departments showed how much of the devil is going to be in the details. One bill, AB162, comes from Assemblyman Harvey Munford. The other, SB111, from Sen. Aaron Ford would apply only to Clark and Washoe counties, but …
Read More »It’s not a muzzle; it’s a shock collar
What if the Review-Journal wanted to interview Henderson employees for a follow-up story to get their reactions to the new policy?
Read More »10 practical tips for journalists covering the Nevada Legislature
1. How do I get credentials? If you plan to be in Carson City, get a press badge from the Legislative Counsel Bureau by first visiting the ‘Press Information’ page. (As I write this, it still says 2013 session.) You fill out a form, get your picture taken in Room 1144 …
Read More »Are body-cam videos public records?
Are body-cam videos public records? (Originally published November 2014 at nevadapress When police wear body cameras, are the videos considered a matter of public record? As Las Vegas Metro police prepare to join a study in which 400 officers will wear the devices, it’s an open and largely untested question …
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