Open Room Media Highlights the Nevada Independent
A new episode of the Open Room Media podcast (which will soon be moving under the Reynolds Sandbox) shines a light on the Nevada Independent where RSJ graduate Riley Snyder plays an integral part. Current student Tim Lenard is co-narrator and producer of this episode with the show’s creator Mignon Fogarty.
For Jon Ralston, Nevada politics has been a lifelong fascination. He started out as a night police reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 1984, but by 1986 he was covering politics. Since then, he has worked for all three major Nevada newspapers as well as various TV stations. He has also appeared on MSNBC, FOX News and NBC’s Meet the Press to talk about Nevada politics….
Ralston had always wanted to run his own news organization and mentor young journalists, so he brought the idea of an online independent newspaper for Nevada to Elizabeth Thompson. Along with being a longtime friend of Jon’s, Elizabeth had a lot of experience running independent news sites.
“She’s got a great head for journalism and business,” Ralston said. “This thing would not exist without her.”
The “thing” Ralston is talking about is called The Nevada Independent, or The Indy, for short. The site launched on January 17, 2017 with the mission to “change the face of journalism in Nevada and establish new paradigms for nonprofit, community-supported news organizations.” For the whole Open Room Media episode description click here.
The Nevada Independent also has a podcast called IndyMatters which another current RSJ student Joey Lovato helps produce, which can be found via link below.
