About us

About the Nevada Press Association and the people, newspapers, magazines and news sites that make up its membership.

Wells Drury

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, …

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Earl Frantzen

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.

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John Cahlan

John Cahlan, who started in the newspaper business by hawking copies on street corners as a boy, rose to become editor of two of the state’s largest and oldest newspapers. His earliest renown, however, was as a sportscaster. As a student at the University of Nevada in Reno, he announced …

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Avery Stitser

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, …

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Specialized publications

Specialized Publications Construction Notebook Elevate Nevada El Tiempo High Rise Life Magazine Las Vegas Weekly Las Vegas Magazine Link Magazine Nevada Current The Nevada Independent Nevada Magazine The Nevada Rancher Northern Nevada Business View RANGE magazine The Storeyteller News services The Associated Press Organizations NV Energy Nevada Policy Research Institute …

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Directory of state press associations

Here is a directory of state and national press, newspaper and media associations in the United States. Alabama Press Association American Court and Commercial Newspapers Arizona Newspapers Association Arkansas Press Association California Newspaper Publishers Association Colorado Press Association Florida Press Association Georgia Press Association Hoosier State Press Association Illinois Press …

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Permissions to republish content on this site

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