Barry Smith made his mark in Nevada journalism as both an editor and an advocate. He began his journalism career in 1977 as a reporter for the State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill. He also worked for more than 16 years in Colorado — ten years as a reporter and city …
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Ray Hagar got his first job in journalism at the age of 17 and is still going strong 50 years later. Born in Reno and raised in Sparks, he has spent most of his career covering sports and politics in Northern Nevada and making himself one of the most widely-respected …
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Frank X. Mullen contains multitudes. Known primarily as an investigative reporter, he also is an author, historian, actor and university journalism instructor. Born in Queens and raised in New Jersey, Mullen came west to earn a journalism degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver. In 1979, he helped co-found The …
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Lucius Beebe lived in Nevada for only ten years, but he accomplished enough in that decade to qualify for more than one Silver State Hall of Fame, helping to restore Virginia City and resuscitate the historically significant Territorial Enterprise newspaper. Beebe was already an accomplished cultural critic and journalist when …
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This is the next in a series of stories on some of the diverse publications that have become members of the Nevada Press Association since non-newspapers were granted full membership in 2019. What do you do when your clients are ordered closed by the governor as a result of a …
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This is the next in a series of profiles about news organizations that have been admitted into the Nevada Press Association since non-newspapers were granted full membership in 2019. The Sierra Nevada Ally isn’t trying to be all things to all people. Instead, its founders are working to make it …
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The Nevada Press Foundation (NPF) announced this week that it has listed for sale its headquarters building at 102 N. Curry St. in downtown Carson City. NPF has owned the Rinckel Mansion since 2000, when the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation made a grant to the 501(c)(3) charitable organization to purchase …
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Here is the first in a series of profiles about new members that have been admitted into the Nevada Press Association since non-newspapers were granted full membership rights in 2019. By Nevada Press Association This Is Reno is perhaps as good an example as any of how news organizations are …
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The Nevada Press Association elected a new president and two new board members at its 2020 Annual Meeting, held Oct. 15 via videoconference. It was the first time in the history of the organization the meeting wasn’t conducted in person. As expected, Reno Gazette Journal Executive Editor Brian Duggan (pictured …
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Five journalists who collectively span three centuries and the 450 miles between Las Vegas and Reno-Tahoe, were inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame today. Nellie Mighels Davis, Don Digilio, Dennis Myers, Cory Farley and Thomas Mitchell are the latest journalists to join Silver State giants like Mark Twain, …
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