Allow me to expand a bit on Eric Hartley’s story in the Review-Journal about Henderson’s short-lived policy prohibiting him from taking pen and paper with him to watch police dash-cam videos. Eric quoted me accurately, but of course he didn’t include everything I said. Like, ‘This is bull—-.’ I doubled down …
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This year marks the 75th anniversary of National Newspaper Week (NNW), October 4-10, 2015. This observance underscores the impact of newspapers to communities large and small. Your NNW content kit contains editorials, editorial cartoons, promotional ads and more that are available for download at no charge to newspapers across North America. …
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After trying his luck at prospecting, Mark Twain began his literary career in earnest while writing stories for the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City. He developed and polished his writing style while on the staff of the famous newspaper. Twain believed that people, not facts, make news, and he always …
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Sweepstakes Winners Story of the Year John Przybys Las Vegas Review-Journal Reaching Out With Love Story of the Year is supposed to tell “a compelling story and hold the reader’s interest.” This story is not just compelling, it is inspiring. A remarkable family responding to extraordinary challenges with creativity, love …
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Lyda was editor of The Record-Courier in the late 1970s when the Gardnerville newspaper grew in size and achieved critical acclaim. She began working part-time at the newspaper and later reluctantly accepted editorship. Although she didn’t possess the temperament of a hard-bitten journalist, she took tough editorial stands.
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Dan De Quille’s employment at the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City for 31 years during the later half of the 19th century made him the most prolific journalist in that newspaper’s history. Known as the Washoe giant, De Quille was best at penning “quaints” — short fictitious stories. His book …
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Samuel Davis became one of the most famous early newspaperman in Nevada through his work on the Territorial Enterprise and the Carson City Appeal. After working as a reporter in Virginia City, Davis became editor of the Appeal in 1879 and later managed the paper. The paper, so well known …
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Robert Davis started his life-long and illustrious journalism career as an 18-year-old compositor for the Carson City Appeal in 1887. The acclaimed writer eventually went on a tour of the world as a columnist for the old New York Sun. For an interview with Mussolini in Rome in 1926, Davis …
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We needed to pause for a minute to thank Marie Wujek, who was publisher of the Pahrump Valley Times and Tonopah Times-Bonanza for a decade and a member of the NPA board for a good part of that time, for her contributions to the association and to the newspaper industry …
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Born in Iowa, Gardner was publisher of the Lovelock Review-Miner from 1931-1966. He later wrote a gardening column for the Nevada Appeal. A former school superintendent, he worked his way through Drake University using his stenographic and typing skills.
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