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Are you interested in membership in the Nevada Press Association? Newspapers, news websites, magazines and other Nevada-based publications are eligible for regular or affiliate membership, both of which come with full member rights and privileges. Individuals and companies who provide products and services to the news industry, or whose interests …

For more than three decades, John L. Smith was a daily columnist for the state’s largest newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he was considered a must read by R-J readers. Born and reared in Southern Nevada, John’s deep roots in the Silver State provided context that no other columnist could …

By Richard Moreno During the past century and a third, more than 800 newspapers have been published in Nevada. Most have sported traditional newspaper names — like Lahontan Valley News — but a few have had more unusual titles. The following are some of the most bizarre newspaper names ever …

Published for delegates to the September 1998 Reno convention of the National Newspaper Association and Nevada Press Association. By Kent Lauer On Aug. 10, 1924, eight Nevada editors and publishers met at the Lander County Courthouse in the central Nevada town of Austin. Representing newspapers from Elko, Tonopah, Austin and …

The Yesco sign company erected a new historical marker on Wednesday at the Rinckel Mansion, home of the Reynolds Press Center and NPA. The marker is the work of the State Historic Preservation Office, which has been on a mission since the Nevada sesquicentennial to update markers across the state. …

For the first time, associate members of the Nevada Press Association will have a seat on the board of directors. Before the change was made at the NPA’s general meeting on Oct. 3, associate members — those which do not hold a publications mailing permit and don’t qualify to publish …

A veteran newspaperman with more than 30 years experience in journalism and education was selected on Saturday as the new president of the Nevada Press Association’s board of directors. Steve Ranson, editor of the Lahontan Valley News in Fallon for the past seven-and-a-half years, will serve in the post for …

The Nevada Press Foundation was established in 2000 with major contributions from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and member newspapers of the Nevada Press Association. When it was founded, the primary purpose was the purchase and rehabilitation of the historic Rinckel Mansion at 102 N. Curry St. in Carson City …

Laura Myers, a longtime Associated Press reporter and editor and the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s political reporter, bounced between humanitarian work and journalism, both careers taking her all over the world. She was born in Las Vegas on Aug. 26, 1961, and mostly raised and educated in Northern Nevada, graduating from …