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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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, …

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.

After her husband Rollin died in 1939, this charismatic woman carried on as owner of the Humboldt Star. Her distinguished career spanned from 1922 to 1960, when she sold the Winnemucca newspaper. She was the first woman to be president of the Nevada Press Association. Her obituary from Palo Alto, …