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NPA, NPF elect new leaders

Las Vegas Review-Journal Executive Editor Glenn Cook and The Nevada Independent environmental reporter Daniel Rothberg were elected as the volunteer leaders of the Nevada Press Foundation (NPF) and the Nevada Press Association (NPA), respectively, at the annual meetings of the organizations that were held earlier this month. Cook (picture at …

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Six essential journalists honored at HOF Lunch

Last weekend in Las Vegas, five new members and one existing member of the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame were officially inducted into the group, which already includes two former Nevada governors, the first woman to report on the Nevada Legislature, Hank Greenspun and Mark Twain. The proceedings were emceed …

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German to be honored at Convention

The late Jeff German will be inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame at the Nevada Press Foundation Annual Convention next weekend. The Foundation’s Board of Trustees this week approved his early entry into the august group of Nevada journalists, which includes figures like Mark Twain, Nellie Mighels Davis, Hank …

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Jeff German

Jeff German was one of the pre-eminent investigative reporters of his era. He plied his trade for over 40 years in Las Vegas until his life was tragically cut short in 2022, in a killing that shocked the nation. At the time of his induction into the Hall of Fame, …

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Four to be inducted into Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame

Four journalists who had a lasting impact in Nevada will be inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame next month, the Nevada Press Foundation announced today. Steve Carp, Jane Ann Morrison, Tom Tait and the late Bob Brown will be honored at a lunch ceremony to be held at …

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Tom Tait

Tom Tait was a Las Vegas-based Associated Press news editor who hired reporters, mentored writers and guided coverage in Nevada and surrounding states from 2000 to 2022. He retired in June 2022 as Southwest AP news editor for Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada after 45 years in journalism in California …

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Steve Carp

Steve Carp has covered many of the biggest events and personalities in Las Vegas sports history. For the Las Vegas Sun, he reported on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas mens’ basketball team’s national championship run in 1990 and return to the Final Four in 1991, He was the Las Vegas …

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Jane Ann Morrison

Jane Ann Morrison worked for four newspapers over 48 years and 44 of those years she was based in Las Vegas, reporting on everything from the mob to gaming and politics. She arrived in Las Vegas in 1976 to work for the Review-Journal, where she reported on-and-off for 38 years. …

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Bob Brown

Bob Brown made his most significant contribution to Nevada journalism as owner and publisher of the North Las Vegas Valley Times from 1973 to 1984.  He bought the paper from former Las Vegas Sun managing editor Adam Yacenda and two years later turned the weekly paper into a daily. At …

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