Hall of Fame Information

Nominations are now being accepted for inductees to the Nevada Press Foundation Hall of Fame. The deadline to submit nominations for 2022 is the close-of-business on Friday, July 15. Candidates should be newspaper professionals who made lasting contributions to Nevada journalism and/or the news industry over the course of their …

Cory Farley has been one of the luminaries of Northern Nevada journalism, appearing regularly in print since 1981. His easygoing, comfortable prose quickly established him as one of the Reno Evening Gazette’s top news feature writers, and his subsequent left-of-center column writing has made him one of the most-read writers …

Don Digilio was employed at the Las Vegas Review-Journal for more than 20 years, working his way up from reporter and columnist to become the paper’s top editor in 1969. According to the Online Nevada Encyclopedia, Digilio “returned stability” to the Review-Journal newsroom during his tenure as editor. “Don fit …

A resident of Reno from age five, Dennis Myers cut a wide swath through Nevada media and politics. In the late 1960s, he attended the University of Nevada-Reno where he wrote for The Sagebrush student newspaper and covered the Nevada Legislature for Reno and Las Vegas radio stations. For many …

Nellie Mighels Davis was the first woman to cover the Nevada Legislature, reporting on the assembly in 1877 and 1879, when her husband Henry Rust Mighels owned the Nevada Morning Appeal. When he died in the spring of 1879, Nellie assumed ownership and took over as publisher of the Carson …

The Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame is dedicated to men and women who have made a lasting impact on newspapers and journalism in the state over the course of their careers. Nominations may be made by using the form below or by emailing us at admin (at) nevadapress.com. They may …

For a brief history of journalism in Nevada, read Jake Highton’s article for Nevada Humanities. Alphabetical list. To read about a Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame member, select a name below or click on a photo above.