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I've contacted the county sheriff's office to get the arrest report, and a copy of Power's booking photo.
Power is about 54 years old. He's been publisher of the newspaper since May 2007. Previously, he was publisher of Louisiana's Daily Advertiser in Lafayette, and the Daily World in Opelousas, a job he got in 2002. Power also was vice president in what was then Gannett's Sun Coast Group, overseeing newspapers in Louisiana, including Shreveport, Monroe and Alexandria, as well as Lafayette and Opelousas.
He started his career in 1979 as a reporter at The Tennessean in Nashville, where he also was a copy editor, sports editor, night editor and general manager of weeklies.
Reno is one of GCI's mid-sized dailies. Its circulation is 42,941 Monday through Friday, and 54,885 on Sunday, according to ABC data as of Sept 30.
Related: Editor who advocated publishing public officials’ DUI arrests resigns after his DUI arrest
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ReplyDeleteThis is the kind of thread Jim thrives on. It invites a lot of nasty comments.
ReplyDeleteJim is what we would call subhuman. If a tragedy befell him and only him, we would be thankful it did not happen to a real human. And then we would forget it and move on.
At the very least if you felt the need to post this, take down the comment section. All the jerks are going to do is celebrate a human bring's mistake. Is that what you want? Really Jim?
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ReplyDeleteCome on, DUI is hardly a tragedy. He publishes a paper that publishes this sort of information, so a story on his arrest is expected. I don't know the niceties of Nevada law, but BTW the story says it was suspicion of DUI.
ReplyDeleteYou've got to be kidding 12:48- it's called news and it would have been a tragedy if he killed someone while CHOOSING to drink and drive. We can only hope he's not drinking on the job, thus impairing his work perfomance.
ReplyDelete12:48 AM…Jim is a real man. Someone not afraid to speak his mind & the truth. Unlike a coward like yourself who hides behind the lies of hating others. Grow up.
ReplyDeleteThe Reno paper publishes booking photos. Should it publish Power's, when it becomes available? Should I publish the photo on Gannett Blog? Why, or why not?
ReplyDeleteShould community leaders be held to different standards?
Does publishing news about a high-profile DUI arrest have a greater impact on dissuading others from taking similar risks compared to publishing a "regular" person's DUI arrest?
What was the comment you made that you took down, and why?
ReplyDeleteDid the Reno newspaper editorialize for the crackdown on drunk driving that was part of a nationwide campaign of Mothers Against Drunk Driving? I think it was a damn foolish campaign, but it persauded Congress and many states to lower the drunk driving thresholds. Publishers are regarded as the resident owners of their papers, so they own any campaigns the paper embraces.
ReplyDeleteIf they publish booking photos, they HAVE to publish this one. I don't know what Gannett blog's policy is, but if it as a matter of public record, then it is certainly worthy of being published anywhere.
ReplyDeleteOn another matter, anyone in Nevada clear up why the suspected of DUI charge. Is it because they have to send the blood test for a lab for results before making a formal DUI charge. In my state, you are charged with DUI based on the field test, backed up by a breath test on a more sophisticated machine at the police station. You can refuse to take the test, but there are consequences.
1:07 It was unnecessarily snarky. Here's what I should have written: Power's arrest will almost certainly be examined closely by newspaper division President Bob Dickey and West Group President Laura Hollingsworth. Also, his arrest follows Hollingsworth's recently reducing his authority within the West Group.
ReplyDeleteI'm seeing many arrests of media people these days, and I think it adds to the paper/TV station's credibility when they report on one of their own.
ReplyDeleteI'm not against drinking at all, but drinking and driving is just plain risky business these days.
what comes around goes around. if the paper doesn't publish the booking photo its just wrong, jim you you may to publish it if the paper doesn't.
ReplyDeleteReno doesn't publish mugs for every DUI. Usually, when one is published, there is something "extra" about the arrest -- such as there was a child in the car, the driver did a hit-and-run, huge cache of drugs, led police on a chase, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe newspapers sure as heck won't report news. Thank God for Jim, I say.
ReplyDeleteDude has bigger problems than whether his name appears in the Gannett Blog. Newspapers hold community leaders accountable. Publishers are community leaders.
ReplyDeleteJi here is my two cents for what it's worth. You personally have a decision to make about the nature of the blog: Power was stopped and arrested. I am sure he is both embarrassed and humiliated. You'ver informed your readers in a fair manner. If your intention is to pile on and let the haters dump on the guy then publish the photo. If your intention is to inform and spark intelligent diogue then don't. I've always thought it was a disgrace to publish mug shots in the paper. It's not journalism its sensationalism at it's worst. You've hot a decision to make my friend. What say you?
ReplyDeleteWhat is all this about haterz dumping on Power guff? There has not been a single posting I have seen that has dumped on him. No need to. He's done more to harm his reputation than anyone here could do.
ReplyDeleteOne positive for Power is an increase page views cause everyone in Reno will want to see the article. Can anyone confirm this yet?
ReplyDeleteThe Reno paper's cause celeb this year was DUI enforcement and punishment. Seems it's been lax and the paper promoted a hard line in a Page 1 series over the summer and fall. People who had been released from prison were put back behind bars (some for years) in the wake of the paper's extensive coverage.
ReplyDeleteQuay until tomorrow 7:40. The haters will be out
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ReplyDeleteCompany car, plate RGJ.COM. Surely employees can't get DUI's in company vehicles and stay employed.
ReplyDeleteHey everyone, 8:02 hit it on the head.
ReplyDeleteThe Reno Gazette-Journal has made a big deal out of a series it did on serious DUI offenders. You'll find one of the many stories here: http://www.rgj.com/article/20091122/NEWS/911220355/RGJ-special-report-Offenders-skirt-DUI-law-for-years
As 8:02 reported, several people who thought they had paid their due, went to jail because of the paper's reporting. The paper won awards for the series and the publisher regularly patted himself -- and staff -- on the back for the excellent work covering this issue.
That said, his own DUI arrest seems more than noteworthy.
You will note that the publisher's DUI is not front and center on the RGJ Web site. Other DUI offenders saw themselves plastered across the front page and made the No. 1 story on the Web site.
Granted, the publisher's arrest doesn't seem to be a repeat case, so that treatment would have been excessive. But when you publish a paper that makes a big deal out of setting the standard for a community, you sure as hell better live up to that standard. If you don't, it's news, and you deserve to be ridiculed, not let off the hook because you made a "mistake."
After all, the people that he called out for DUIs made mistakes, too, right?
There's been a leadership void in Reno for a long time. It will be interesting to see what happens now.
Note article comment box that was up for a very short time, and was heated, is now missing.
ReplyDelete1:46 The charge is suspicion of DUI. I have been trying to find out exactly what this means, and if it is a preliminary charge pending test results or something else.
ReplyDelete1:32 At one time, one of the benefits extended to publishers was a new car, paid for by the company. I'm not sure whether pubs got a new one every year, or less frequently. In any case, I think it was deemed their property, no? That is, it wasn't a company car as in company-owned vehicle.
ReplyDeleteIn Louisville, where I was a reporter, we used our own cars on assignment, and were reimbursed for mileage. We had to provide proof of car insurance every year because being able to legally operate a car was a requirement to keep our jobs.
What would have happened if we got a DUI, and lost our license? Well, I think we'd have been fired.
2:03 -- If he's innocent, he should be cleared and it won't be a big deal. If he's guilty of the DUI, that's another story. Still, he was arrested and that's worth reporting.
ReplyDeleteNewspapers regularly report arrests. Whether the suspect is convicted or acquitted is a different story. He certainly has a right to his day in court.
Why is it we can comment on other stories on the Gazette-Journal site but not this one? If the story is meant to show that the paper is handling this story the way they would any other, disabling the comments doesn't make the point.
ReplyDeleteOther people in the community routinely get run into the ground by people who anonymously post comments. And that happens on stories that don't have anything to do with an arrest.
Are the unfiltered -- and often insulting -- anonymous comments OK for everyone but the publisher?
It's not a company car. He bought it. Nice plates though.
ReplyDeleteCompany cars for publishers exist else one in the mid-west uses staff to regularly wash and fuel-up her personal vehicle which is doubtful.
ReplyDeleteEmployees who’ve lost driving privileges/licenses due to DUI’s have been fired because they couldn’t fulfill job duties (I had to sack one for it).
Employees getting DUI’s while driving company vehicles are immediately fired (at least in my experience). And like it or not, if Power was driving a company owned car he should be sacked too.
There are a number of reasons why including a less obvious one: the legal peril Gannett risks should the same employees get involved in a subsequent DUI event (especially injury related ones) in a company car or even a personal vehicle qualifying as a company vehicle at that time.
What's the big deal. We've got criminals who run this company and lie to both employees and their shareholders. There's no more ethics, so a little matter of a felony record of DUI is no big problem.
ReplyDeleteTo 2:38 AM point. I wanted to post a comment on RGJ.com but it did not even give me the option. Thanks to Jim we can express are right of Freedom of Speech on this subject. I hope the City of Reno makes an example of this guy, even thought its his first arrest.
ReplyDeleteHis mug is posted on the Reno site.
ReplyDeleteSome years ago, a director and operating committee member at the courier-post was convicted of dwi and lost his driving privileges for a period of time (license suspended by state of new jersey). Nothing appeared in that paper about that incident and subsequent conviction. Yet this person was taken to and returned home from work be company employees, sometimes in a company vehicle.
ReplyDeleteI cant believe you removed my earlier post. Prolly cause i used the term "Pound Town" Good for the rgj to post this story. I will bet $100 bucks that the editor Beryl Love had great pleasure in reporting this. I know Beryl would have reported it even if Ted asked him not to... Go rgj
ReplyDelete12:44 -- You're dreaming. You should give the publisher some credit for allowing the paper to publish it. I'm not saying he's a great guy. I'm saying editorial management in Reno is as corporate as it gets. Under the current regime, I've never seen anyone take a stand against Gannett brass.
ReplyDeleteWe've all done stupid things. Ted's a good guy. I really hope he takes his lumps, gets a wake up call and gets thru this. He's a news guy and would doubt he would even consider not publishing the arrest. Hope he survives.
ReplyDelete2:18, Power is a "news guy?" One must mean by today's infotainment standards. Has one read the RGJ in the past three years? Has one seen rgj.com? With very few exceptions, if Power is a "news guy" then Gannett sure as hell hasn't let him be anything but a "yes man."
ReplyDelete3:14 -- Amen. If he is today's definition of a "news guy" journalism has far bigger problems than falling stock prices and failing papers.
ReplyDelete5:01 and 3:14 I love it when guys like you talk about "news guys." you self righteous, fall on your swords, never actually have run a newsroom make me ole. Thanks for making my day.
ReplyDelete10:38 -- I'm not self-righteous, but it's true that good journalists don't spend their days pandering to advertisers. That's a large part of a Gannett publisher's job, and it's obvious when you look at the stories the Gazette-Journal runs. If that's what it takes for the paper to survive, so be it. Readers should be smart enough to figure it out. But let's not pretend like the guy calling the shots is the next Bob Woodward.
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