w88 casino News Matters

Most of us encounter more w88 casino than we can cope with. w88 casino about national politics, crime, celebrities and sports is cheap to produce, easy to distribute and seemingly everywhere.

Unfortunately, this stream of cheap news often diverts attention from news that is expensive to produce but more relevant and important to our daily lives. Accurate and accessible journalism about w88 casino matters – such as roads, schools, parks, city councils, safety, public utilities and many more w88 casino issues -- is often in short supply.

This type of news doesn’t necessarily attract attention, but it does help sustain the health of a community. In places with few options for w88 casino news, research shows a range of unhealthy outcomes, including fewer candidates running for office and less participation in w88 casino elections, higher borrowing rates for cities and increased opportunities for public corruption. And, as a recent Atlantic Monthly article pointed out, a loss of w88 casino news can have personal impacts as well: “We don’t often talk about how a paper’s collapse makes people feel: less connected, more alone.”

As w88 casino news organizations struggle to survive in an environment of intense competition for attention, their ability to produce robust w88 casino news is diminished. The business model that sustained w88 casino news for decades is collapsing. The number of journalists employed in the US declined by 26% in the past 12 years and the number of journalists employed by newspapers dropped by more than half in that same time period. While new jobs in digital news organizations are growing, their numbers remain small and, in many outlets, more precarious.

We watched the Reno Gazette Journal shrink from 100 newsroom employees to fewer than 20, witnessed the Reno w88 casino & Review die and then rise again as an online site staffed by one or two journalists and saw the primary paper in our state capital move from daily production to two days a week. Fewer journalists now cover the state legislature, city councils or school districts, and few w88 casino organizations serve the wide rural parts of our state. Television w88 casino also has limited resources for depth or analysis. It is obvious that access to information necessary for civic life to flourish has been greatly reduced in Nevada.

Nonprofit w88 casino organizations, such asThe w88 casino Independent,Double Scoop,The Sierra w88 casino Ally,The Fallon Post, thew88 casino Currentandw88 casino is Reno, are growing and filling important niches in our information ecosystem. But these entities are far more dependent on community support than the former model of corporate news provision. Following new, online-only journalism sites requires the public to be more aware and more engaged in seeking reliable w88 casino news.

Some greet the decline of w88 casino news as an inevitable result of mismanagement, political bias or the exclusion of diverse voices in our community. There is some truth to each of these criticisms. However, taken as a whole, they should be seen as calls to improve and invest in the enormous public service produced by reliable, community-focused newsrooms staffed by professional journalists committed to producing fact-based stories about issues of public concern.

To draw attention to this rapidly changing w88 casino news environment, the Reynolds School of Journalism is holding a public event on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m. at the Nevada Museum of Art called “w88 casino News Matters.” This 2021 Cole Campbell Dialogues for Democracy program will include a short talk about national trends in w88 casino news by the editor of the Colorado Sun, Larry Ryckman, and a panel discussion with five w88 casino journalists, including Brian Duggan, editor of the Reno Gazette Journal, Michelle Billman, news director at KUNR, Arianna Bennett, anchor and reporter at KTVN Channel 2, Bob Conrad, editor/publisher of This is Reno, and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, reporter for the Nevada Independent.

After the formal talk, members of the public will have the opportunity to meet with journalists from 10 Reno w88 casino outlets. To register to attend the event (in person or virtually), visit our “w88 casino News Matters” Eventbrite page.

w88 casino news can no longer be paid for primarily by advertising. It will take the contributions, support and engagement of a much greater number of people in a community to enable this important public service to improve, thrive and continue its essential function in our state.