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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Below is a list of bills tracked by Nevada Press Association during the 2015 session that were of particular interest to members. Each bill is linked to the Legislative Counsel Bureau page with a history of the bill. To read the final version of bills that were approved, click on …
Read More »Publishers, editors and editorial boards should know where state and local candidates stand on open-government issues. It may be the deciding factor for whether to endorse a candidate. Are there any circumstances under which a public body might better serve its constituents by meeting privately rather than in an open …
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Readers = Voters Nothing reaches Nevada voters like Nevada’s newspapers. You can send a targeted message statewide to the people who DO VOTE by using the Nevada Press Association’s ad network. The Nevada Political Advertising Network, operated through the Nevada Press Association, offers a convenient means to place campaign advertising …
Read More »Sure seems to be a lot of fake news around. I’m not talking about the Onion, or other parody sites who are trying to be funny. I’m talking about wrong, false, outrageous ‘news’ passed from link to link, Facebook post to Facebook post, email to email. This YouTube video presents …
Read More »Monday, June 2, 2014 Nevada’s shield law, one of the strongest in the nation, will get a look this week by an advisory board for possible legislation to broaden it. Proposed language would change the fundamental test from ‘journalist’ to ‘journalism’ in deciding who gets protected from subpoenas trying to …
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