Monthly Archives: September 2015

Ken Ingram

From 1947-1957, Ingram was “Mr. Everything” at the weekly Fallon Standard – reporter, assistant editor, advertising manager and administrator of the paper’s commercial printing operation. He helped the newspaper’s owners make it a premier newspaper. The graduate of the University of Montana also was a secretary-manager of the Nevada Press …

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Joseph R. Jackson

Joseph R. Jackson

A descendant of covered-wagon pioneers and a second-generation newspaperman, Jackson was a news executive at The Reno Evening Gazette. He was known for his epic stamina. He concluded his 41-year newspaper career as an expert state government commentator.

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Raymond Germain

An early Las Vegas resident and University of Nevada graduate, Germain worked on the news staff of the Tonopah Times-Bonanza when his father-in-law, Frank F. Garside, owned it. In 1945 he became news editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, also owned by his father-in-law. He later co-founded Bonanza Printer and …

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Joyce Hollister

A second-generation journalist, Hollister performed a number of tasks for The Record-Courier during her 25-year career at the weekly newspaper in Gardnerville that began in 1976. She sold ads, took photos, covered the school board, edited the people section and redesigned the newspaper twice. She also initiated many of the …

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Frank Garside

Frank Garside

A pioneer Nevada newspaper publisher, Garside owned a number of newspapers, including the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Tonopah Times-Bonanza and several other in mining boomtowns. In 1926, he purchased the Las Vegas Review, which later became the Review-Journal. A school in Las Vegas is named for him. Here’s a biography from …

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Sherwin “Scoop” Garside

This Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter, photographer and columnist was known for his column “Caught on the Run.” He earned his nickname at Las Vegas High where he edited the school paper. He was born in Tonopah but moved to Las Vegas when his father bought the Review-Journal. He earned a …

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Ruthe Deskin

The Yerington native and graduate of the University of Nevada began her long career at the Las Vegas Sun in 1954 as assistant to publisher Hank Greenspun. She was warned in journalism school that women had no place in newspapers. Her long-running column in the Sun began as a memo …

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Sherman Frederick

Sherman Frederick

Frederick began his journalism career as a reporting intern at the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 1976; 16 years later he became the newspaper’s publisher after a four-year stint as editor. In 1999, the journalism graduate of Northern Arizona University was named president of Stephens Media Group, formerly Donrey Media Group, …

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A.E. Cahlan

Cahlan was part owner and managing director of the Las Vegas Review-Journal from 1926-1961 and wrote a column for the newspaper called “From Where I Sit.” A third-generation Nevada, born in Reno, he was an honor student at the University of Nevada where he earned a degree in electrical engineering.

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Ned Day

After arriving in Las Vegas in 1976 to work for the Valley Times newspaper, Day quickly earned a reputation as a courageous, compassionate investigative reporter. Day, who later became a columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, earned praise for his hard-hitting coverage of organized crime, the gaming industry and politics. …

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