When I saw the news about the deadly shooting at the Capital Gazette in Maryland, like most Americans I was shocked and like most journalists, I was horrified and heartbroken. Five people are dead. From CNN: “The door of the Capital Gazette had been blown to pieces. It was in shattered pieces all on the…
Are you ready for this? This is The Sin City Siren’s ninth birthday! That’s right. The Sin City Siren started on May 6, 2007 – a month before the first iPhones went on sale and the same summer that J.K. Rowling released Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It was also the same year that…
It was only a matter of time until things were going to go sideways at the Las Vegas Review Journal* campus. A stranger-than-fiction mystery buyer drama that got headlines from around the nation (and revealed billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson as the new owner) earned intrepid RJ reporters the esteemed Ancil Payne Award for Ethics…
Now that the last issue of Las Vegas CityLife has rolled off the press and the eulogies are coming in from all directions, I suppose it’s natural to wonder aloud about journalism-type things. I’ll leave the big questions — why does this keep happening? — to bigger minds. No, I’m focused a bit more narrowly.…
While it was no surprise, the news this week that Las Vegas CityLife is ending still touched a deep nerve in our community. The self-described “gritty” alternative weekly newspaper was always a bit of an underdog in its 21-year run, especially in a city that celebrates glitter over substance and g-strings over bootstraps. I have…
The Sin City Siren is looking for one (or more) interns! If you want to learn about journalism, online media and communication, with a dash of grassroots organizing and media relations, The Sin City Siren internship is for you! About SCS: The six-year-old Sin City Siren is a nationally syndicated blog created by award-winning journalist…
As we count down the final days of 2013, the inevitable year-in-review stories start popping up. Two recent ones caught my eye, as much for what they said as for what they left out. In RH Reality Check’s Top Pro-Choice Heroes of 2013, we are treated to a diverse round-up of “sheroes” who put it…
My beautiful, amazing, fierce Sirens: I’ve been sitting here staring at my computer for at least 10 minutes. I have no idea how to begin to say all the things I want to say right now. But here goes … After six and a half years, it’s time for me to move on to the…
It’s taken me some time to sift through everything, but The Sin City Siren Readership Survey has been well worth the effort. Thank you to all those who participated and for all the insights and comments left by a surprising number of you! I’ve learned a surprising amount from what you’ve told me! For instance,…
[Applications must be received no later than June 21, 2013!] The Sin City Siren is looking for an intern(s) (or highly motivated volunteers)! If you want to learn about journalism, online media and communication, with a dash of grassroots organizing and media relations, The Sin City Siren internship is for you! About SCS: The six-year-old…
