Episode 58 -- Howard Stutz

Where Ya At? SDSU's Journalism and Media Studies podcast

Howard Stutz (1979-82) is a Senior Reporter who covers gaming, tourism, cannabis and sports business for The Nevada Independent, a revolutionary news site, a 501c3 nonprofit committed to transparent journalism.
In this week's episode, Stutz provides the back story of how he and his colleagues at The Las Vegas Review-Journal discovered the paper's new owner was Sheldon Adelson's family in 2016, why the family initially wanted it to be a secret, why it was in the public's interest to know the truth, and how Howard knew it would ultimately cost him his job.
An award-winning journalist who has covered gaming for four decades, Howard explains what stories he seeks out, how the gaming and tourist industries have changed, the arrival of professional sports teams to the desert, and the complexity involved in covering the Oakland A's potential move to Las Vegas.

"Where Ya At?" is a podcast focused on the School of Journalism and Media Studies at San Diego State University. Each week, during the Fall and Spring semesters, host Josh Suchon (Class of 1996) interviews alumni to learn about their experiences as college students, entering the workforce, key steps in their professional development, advice they'd give to current students, and details about how they covered a specific story.