By Kevin Slimp In October, I traveled to Albuquerque, where I gave the Saturday keynote address at the New Mexico Press Association Convention. On Sunday morning, I caught a flight to Orlando, where I spoke at an international conference made up of newspaper and magazine publishers. My assignment in Florida …
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This award goes to journalists who have been in the profession less than five years. It recognizes their outstanding work, and is intended to encourage them to remain in the business. Urban dailies Bethany Barnes Las Vegas Review-Journal Through a series of hard-hitting articles published over the course of the …
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A veteran newspaperman with more than 30 years experience in journalism and education was selected on Saturday as the new president of the Nevada Press Association’s board of directors. Steve Ranson, editor of the Lahontan Valley News in Fallon for the past seven-and-a-half years, will serve in the post for …
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National Newspaper Week, Oct. 4-10 By Steve Ranson, president of Nevada Press Association Despite the evolution of iPads, smartphones and apps to disseminate the news in one form or another, your local newspapers still hold an integral position in gathering and reporting the news. The newspaper in its present and …
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This year marks the 75th anniversary of National Newspaper Week (NNW), October 4-10, 2015. This observance underscores the impact of newspapers to communities large and small. Your NNW content kit contains editorials, editorial cartoons, promotional ads and more that are available for download at no charge to newspapers across North America. …
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Legislature makes news even during recess By Jim Pumarlo It’s March 1. The Legislature is in full swing. Your newsroom is primed to follow every twist and turn in the legislative hallways. As the saying goes, “The lawmakers are back. Protect your pocketbooks.” Newsrooms are on full alert to follow and translate the …
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Don’t listen to what they say. Watch what they do. Here are two instances reported by Columbia Journalism Review of city officials trying to hide in plain sight. In one, a California town tried to claim video of its council meetings was copyrighted. The judge hearing the case, Michael Fitzgerald …
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By Jim Stasiowski It was a very busy day, and I really had no time to talk to a politician’s aide, but my boss said let’s be polite and give him a few minutes. So three of us – my boss, a colleague and I – listened as the smiling …
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