By Bart Pfankuch Every now and then inspiration strikes a writer like lightning and a nearly perfect news story is the result. They’ll craft a piece with an engaging lead, a meaningful nut graph, intelligent exposition, on-point factual evidence, colorful imagery, telling details, unforgettable quotes and a kicker that lingers. …
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Here are videos of the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame inductions, starting with the 2018 banquet in Las Vegas for Lisa Kim Bach, Tim Dahlberg and Don Ham.
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General Excellence Las Vegas Review-Journal Judge’s comment: The Review-Journal is the clear winner and obviously the “heavyweight” in this category. It’s obvious this paper has a much larger editorial staff, and it shows with a nice variety of local news, features and sports coverage. Although it pains a lifelong, die-hard …
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General Excellence David Jacobs, Noah Cusick, Jeffrey Meehan, Robin Hebrock, Selwyn Harris, Jessica Beaudoin Pahrump Valley Times Judge’s comment: Good, wide ranging journalism. Excellent typography. Strong advertising design. Great paper! Elko Daily Free Press Judge’s comment: Great use of visual elements. Solid journalism. Great page designs. Lahontan Valley News Judge’s …
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Journalists of Merit awards from the Nevada Press Association recognize people who have fewer than five years of experience in the industry and show through the quality of their work that they are the future of our profession. TONI R. MILANO, Elko Daily Free Press Toni R. Milano began writing …
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General Excellence Nevada Magazine Judge’s comment: Loved the piece on rural airports and was impressed with the breadth of coverage, from news with some depth to lively features to useful calendars and other alternative storytelling methods. A sucker for photography, I thought the covers were strong on three of the …
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General Excellence Reno News & Review Las Vegas Weekly Greenspun Media Group Staff, The Sunday Community Service 1. April Corbin, Ricardo Torres-Cortez The Sunday Why You Should Hire a Veteran Judge’s comment: The visual layouts, facts, and information come together to make this Community Service project an exceptional work. Great …
Read More »General Excellence Boulder City Review Judge’s comment: Clean and consistent, good editorial content and well-written editorial made this newspaper stand out. Mesquite Local News Judge’s comment: Well written, catering to a visitor’s crowd. Tammy Creedon, Kristy Stralla, Eric Dahlberg, Sparks Tribune Best Breaking News Reporting 1. Celia Shortt Goodyear Boulder …
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Rachel Crosby Just 24 hours after being named one of Nevada’s journalists of merit, Rachel Crosby was among the first reporters to respond to reports of a shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas that turned out to be the worst mass killing in the history of the …
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Three longtime Nevada journalists — the late Lisa Kim Bach, Associated Press sports columnist Tim Dahlberg, and veteran Las Vegas editor Don Ham — were inducted Saturday night into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame. Lisa Kim Bach A 1989 graduate in journalism and English from California State University, Fresno, …
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