General Excellence David Jacobs, Noah Cusick, Jeffrey Meehan, Robin Hebrock, Selwyn Harris, Jessica Beaudoin Pahrump Valley Times Judge’s comment: Good, wide ranging journalism. Excellent typography. Strong advertising design. Great paper! Elko Daily Free Press Judge’s comment: Great use of visual elements. Solid journalism. Great page designs. Lahontan Valley News Judge’s …
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Journalists of Merit awards from the Nevada Press Association recognize people who have fewer than five years of experience in the industry and show through the quality of their work that they are the future of our profession. TONI R. MILANO, Elko Daily Free Press Toni R. Milano began writing …
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General Excellence Nevada Magazine Judge’s comment: Loved the piece on rural airports and was impressed with the breadth of coverage, from news with some depth to lively features to useful calendars and other alternative storytelling methods. A sucker for photography, I thought the covers were strong on three of the …
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General Excellence Reno News & Review Las Vegas Weekly Greenspun Media Group Staff, The Sunday Community Service 1. April Corbin, Ricardo Torres-Cortez The Sunday Why You Should Hire a Veteran Judge’s comment: The visual layouts, facts, and information come together to make this Community Service project an exceptional work. Great …
Read More »General Excellence Boulder City Review Judge’s comment: Clean and consistent, good editorial content and well-written editorial made this newspaper stand out. Mesquite Local News Judge’s comment: Well written, catering to a visitor’s crowd. Tammy Creedon, Kristy Stralla, Eric Dahlberg, Sparks Tribune Best Breaking News Reporting 1. Celia Shortt Goodyear Boulder …
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Rachel Crosby Just 24 hours after being named one of Nevada’s journalists of merit, Rachel Crosby was among the first reporters to respond to reports of a shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas that turned out to be the worst mass killing in the history of the …
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We allow individuals to enter their own work in the annual Better Newspaper and Magazine contests, as long as it appeared in a member publication or web site during the contest year. Most of the time, the newspapers and magazines enter the work of their staff members or regular contributors. …
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Who judges the contest? Each year, Nevada trades with a press association from another state. We judge their contest entries; they judge ours. So the judges are volunteers from newspapers — editors, ad managers, reporters, photographers, designers, etc., who are professionals with expertise and experience. They’re also looking at the …
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Rachel Crosby, Las Vegas Review-Journal When Rachel Crosby was in high school, she won one of the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s high school journalism awards. She still has the plaque – as well as the drive to excel at journalism. According to Rachel, that award gave her the confidence to pursue …
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