Las Vegas Weekly

It was a brief one, but nonetheless.

So I used to have a column in Las Vegas Weekly, and I would write weekly about all of the different antics in this quirky life of a modern-day showgirl.

And it opened the doors to some really interesting opportunities.

At one point, I got a call from a major TV news network saying, They asked if I would like to comment on a big political debate that was taking place in Las Vegas.

It was very validating, and I will never let it go.

So thank you to Vegas Weekly for giving us that award, honestly.

We love you.

So after that insane emotional ego boost, we went to Chicago.

But what ended up happening is I finagled a meeting with Danny Greenspun of the Greenspun Media Group, and we partnered.

uh there he he bought a majority interest and we continue to publish scope for two more years then he bought me out and turned it into what is now the las vegas weekly and it's

still going strong at one

time did you have awards when you were running it

uh we did not they didn't do it back then I started them at KNPR, but they weren't doing them then.

At one time, believe it or not, in the Stone Age, there were three alt-weeklies going in this town, were there not?

Yeah, there was Las Vegas Weekly, City Life, and Las Vegas Mercury.

So three free alternative news weeklies is a very different media landscape than what we see today.

Since 2016, Valerie Stunning's blog has explored human issues through her lens as a small business owner, community organizer, and sex worker.

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