It’s no secret that print journalism has been — and continues to be — in trouble.
Newspapers have laid off employees, and some have shut down altogether. It is into that environment that Daisy Nelson has taken over as editor-in-chief of an Arizona newspaper.
Nelson started in the position at Bullhead City’s Mohave Valley Daily News at the end of January. She also oversees the Needles Daily Star and Laughlin Nevada Times.
In addition to being new to the job, Nelson is 24 years old. She’s worked in journalism since high school, went to Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication then worked as a reporter for Today News Herald in her hometown of Lake Havasu City. After doing that for about three years, she was offered her current position.
Nelson talked with The Show about her thought process when she was considering taking the editor-in-chief job, including things that appealed to her and things that made her nervous.
