Read all about it hereThe Nevada Press Association (NPA) announced today that it has engaged Karpel Public Affairs (KPA) to manage the organizations’ affairs beginning January 1, 2019. KPA President Richard Karpel will serve as executive director of the organization, replacing Barry Smith, who retired in October. KPA is an …
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Here are videos of the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame inductions, starting with the 2018 banquet in Las Vegas for Lisa Kim Bach, Tim Dahlberg and Don Ham.
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Three longtime Nevada journalists — the late Lisa Kim Bach, Associated Press sports columnist Tim Dahlberg, and veteran Las Vegas editor Don Ham — were inducted Saturday night into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame. Lisa Kim Bach A 1989 graduate in journalism and English from California State University, Fresno, …
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During a 43-year career in journalism, Don Ham led the Nevada Appeal in Carson City as editor for more than a decade before shaping coverage on the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s city desk for the next 20 years. A native of Southern California, he was formerly editor of the Lompoc Record, …
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Tim Dahlberg’s first job in journalism was at the Sparks Tribune, where he worked as reporter, sports editor, photographer, bottle washer and sometimes deliveryman. A student at the University of Nevada at the time, he told the editor he would work for free for the experience and he almost did, …
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A 1989 graduate in journalism and English from California State University, Fresno, Lisa Kim Bach started her career at the Modesto Bee, then the Clovis Independent, Fresno Bee and the News Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Ind., before joining the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a reporter in 1997. Her byline appeared …
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I was honored to be part of the ceremony this morning for striking a commemorative silver medallion to mark the 125th birthday of The Nevada Sagebrush, the student newspaper of the University of Nevada. Reno. At the Nevada State Museum in Carson City, where historic Coin Press No. 1 is …
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This history was compiled for the 1983 Nevada Press Bulletin. Ancient Indian tribes and the Nevada State Press Association had something in common. The tribes did not leave a written language, so tribal lore was passed down from generation to generation. Much of he lore was lost, some of it …
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The Territorial Enterprise building in Virginia City has been nominated for recognition by the Society of Professional Journalists as a Historic Site in Journalism. The nomination was submitted last month by Joey Lovato, a reporter and podcast producer, as an independent study project for the journalism school at the University …
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By Barry Smith Much has been written about the colorful and controversial character named Christopher (Kit) Carson — studious biographies, every history book about the West, plenty of newspaper articles and whole series of lurid dime novels. But the first time his name appeared in print was a public notice. …
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