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Dolan worked for the Nevada Appeal in Carson City for 37 years in all departments except the newsroom. The 1950 University of Nevada journalism graduate was a member of Patton’s secret army during D-Day.
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Monthly Archives: September 2015
E.M. Steninger
Publisher of the Elko Daily Free Press for 35 years, he was a fiery editor and civic leader who led the fight to incorporate Elko. He started his career as an apprentice printer in his home state of Iowa. He bought the Elko Free Press in 1910 and turned it …
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This ex-reporter launched Reno’s first advertising agency in 1939. He was known as the “father of ideas,” and his creativity sparked the world’s first casino ad campaign (Harolds Club or Bust!).
Read More »2010 Better Newspaper Contest award winners
Outstanding Journalist Urban newspapers (classes 1 and 4) 1. Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal “If the highest aspirations of a journalist include telling the truth, being believed and thereby eliciting some form of change for the better, then Martha Bellisle is more than worthy of those aspirations. Her reportage into various …
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Virginia City native, Sheerin was a member of the University of Nevada’s first journalism class in 1924. During a 41-year career in Elko, he was editor and co-owner of the Elko Daily Free Press. He also was a founder of Elko Broadcasting Co.
Read More »Claude Smith
A Kansas native, artist, printer and editorialist, he was among the most influential newspaper leader of his era. He was co-owner of the prize-winning weekly Fallon Standard from 1926 until his death. He composed opinion pieces from his head onto Linotype keys.
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Barbara Greenspun was instrumental in keeping the Las Vegas Sun financially alive for four decades as the “silent” partner of husband Hank Greenspun, the crusading founder of the newspaper. She was the gentle, persistent voice on the doorsteps of advertisers, bringing in cash during lean years. She helped the newspaper …
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Hank Greenspun The crusading founder and publisher of the Las Vegas Sun epitomized personal journalism. His front-page column “Where I Stand” became one of the most widely read columns in the state. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., a lawyer by training and a decorated World War II veteran, he arrived in …
Read More »Wells Drury
Wells Drury was known in the rowdy days of Nevada’s early mining camps as the “Fighting Editor of the Comstock.” An editor of the Gold Hill News, the Virginia City Chronicle and the Territorial Enterprise, he was noted for his high sense of duty to the public. After leaving Nevada, …
Read More »Earl Frantzen
Frantzen rose through the ranks of the Elko Daily Free Press from printer’s devil to ad manager, business manager, then co-owner and publisher. An accomplished photographer, he was the first to take pictures of a Nevada courtroom scene.
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