In the maiden issue of Great Basin News, editor and
publisher Jon Christensen lays out the mission: “We believe the
time is right to bring the Great Basin together to understand
itself, to relish its own iconoclastic visions, to ponder its own
quirky fate. You might consider this a test of that idea.”
Christensen, who worked for several years as a regional editor for
High Country News out of his home in Carson City, Nev., starts the
test with a series of articles on Nevada’s latest range war. His
stories are hopeful, given the violence and acrimony surrounding
land management in the state. But Christensen says his 12-page
quarterly will not always feature good news. Future issues will
include articles on nuclear waste and the difficult choices facing
the region’s urban areas. The newsletter will also include a
smattering of essays and poetry.
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This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Christensen goes quarterly.
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