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Journalists who won major awards in this year’s Nevada Press Association Better Newspaper and Magazine Contest will discuss their reporting and storytelling techniques in a special program that will be featured at the 2019 NPA Annual Convention and Awards Banquet.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal and The Nevada Independent will organize their own presentation as part of “The Stories We Tell”, a program designed to provide practical information that can be used in any newsroom. A separate panel will feature award-winning reporters from rural newsrooms in the Silver State.
(Download the schedule of events for the 2019 NPA Annual Convention and Awards Banquet.)
This year’s Convention and Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Bristlecone Convention Center in historic Ely, Nevada. The program will begin at 11am with the Annual Membership Meeting, which will be followed at 12:30pm by a lunch announcing and honoring the 2019 Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame inductees. The Las Vegas Review-Journal will sponsor the lunch.
(Register online for the 2019 NPA Annual Convention and Awards Banquet.)
The Awards Banquet will begin at 6:30pm, following the conclusion of “The Stories We Tell” program. Emceeing the banquet this year is Bill Brown, a former TV reporter and news anchor in Reno for over 30 years. The Ely Times and its parent company, Battle Born Media, will sponsor the banquet.
NPA members can register for the Awards Banquet for $30; the price for members to attend the entire event is $50. The cost for non-members is $65.
The Hotel Nevada and Gambling Hall, located in downtown Ely just two blocks from the convention center, is the host hotel for this year’s conference. To reserve rooms at the reduced $62 rate, call 888-406-3055 and ask for the Nevada Press Association convention rate.
You can register for the convention on the NPA website, or you can call the NPA office (Monday through Wednesday only) at 775-885-0866 and pay by credit card. We’ll also be sending a convention schedule and registration form in the mail, in case you prefer to register that way.