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Six essential journalists honored at HOF Lunch

September 29, 2022 Convention, Hall of Fame, Wabuska Mangler Comments Off on Six essential journalists honored at HOF Lunch

Last weekend in Las Vegas, five new members and one existing member of the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame were officially inducted into the group, which already includes two former Nevada governors, the first woman to report on the Nevada Legislature, Hank Greenspun and Mark Twain. The proceedings were emceed …

Nellie Mighels Davis

September 23, 2020 Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame Information Comments Off on Nellie Mighels Davis

Nellie Mighels Davis was the first woman to cover the Nevada Legislature, reporting on the assembly in 1877 and 1879, when her husband Henry Rust Mighels owned the Nevada Morning Appeal. When he died in the spring of 1879, Nellie assumed ownership and took over as publisher of the Carson …

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Six essential journalists honored at HOF Lunch

Nellie Mighels Davis