Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about 22 miles (35 km) from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the county seat and largest city of Washoe County and sits in a high desert river valley at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. Its downtown area occupies a valley informally known as the Truckee Meadows, which because of large-scale investments from Greater Seattle and San Francisco Bay Area companies such as Amazon, Tesla, Panasonic, Microsoft, Apple, and Google has become a new major technology center in the United States. The city is named after Union Major General Jesse L. Reno, who was killed in action during the American Civil War at the Battle of South Mountain on Fox's Gap.
The University of Nevada, Reno is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It was founded on October 12, 1874 in Elko, Nevada.
Mackay Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Reno, Nevada on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. It is the university's venue for football and women's soccer for the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference. It is named after the Mackay family, benefactors of the university by Clarence and John Mackay.
Donald Worthington Reynolds was an American businessman and philanthropist. During his lifetime, he was known for his involvement in the Donrey Media Group.
KRNV-DT, virtual channel 4, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Reno, Nevada, United States. Owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, it is operated under joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, making it sister to Fox affiliate KRXI-TV, channel 11, and primary sports-formatted independent station and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate KNSN-TV, channel 21. However, Sinclair effectively owns KRNV as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith.
The Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia is a journalism school which is one of the oldest formal journalism schools in the world. The school provides academic education and practical training in all areas of journalism and strategic communication for undergraduate and graduate students across several media including television and radio broadcasting, newspapers, magazines, photography, and new media. The school also supports a robust advertising and public relations curriculum.
David Morrow became editor-in-chief of TheStreet.com in July 2001. Under his tenure, TheStreet.com won numerous journalism awards, including the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award in 2005 and three Society of Business Editors and Writers Awards.
Stewart Cheifet is a television presenter, best known for his work presenting and producing Computer Chronicles and Net Cafe. He has also worked in other reporting positions for PBS and ABC, and others. Raised in Philadelphia, he attended Central High School and graduated from the University of Southern California in 1960 with a degree in psychology and mathematics and went on to graduate from Harvard Law School. He teaches journalism classes at the Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Sigmund Aronson "Sig" Rogich is an Icelandic/American businessman and is president of The Rogich Communications Group, a business facilitator, public relations, and crisis management firm. He is also a former US Ambassador to Iceland.
Frank L. Taylor was the first head coach of Nevada State University football team, then known as the Sagebrushers. It was his only year as a head coach.
Mignon Fogarty is a former faculty member in journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a former science writer who produces an educational podcast about English grammar and usage titled Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, which was named one of the best podcasts of 2007 by iTunes. She is also the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcasting network.
Interactive journalism is a new type of journalism that allows consumers to directly contribute to the story. Through Web 2.0 technology, reporters can develop a conversation with the audience. The digital age has changed how people collect information. Newspapers, once the only source for news, have seen declines in circulation as people get news on the Internet for free.
KUUB is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Sun Valley, Nevada, United States, it serves the Central and Northern Nevada area. The station is currently owned and operated by Lotus Communications. Its studios are located on Plumb Lane in South Reno and its transmitter is located on Red Hill in North Reno.
The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (MIJE), is a nonprofit organization based in Emeryville, California emphasizing diversity in journalism. The Maynard Institute is dedicated to training journalists of color and providing accurate representation of minorities in the news media.
Bruce Carman Shorts was an American football player and coach. He played as a tackle at the University of Michigan from 1900 to 1901. Shorts served as the head football coach at the Nevada State University—now known as the University of Nevada, Reno—in 1904 and at the University of Oregon in 1905.
Albert Edmunds Cahlan, aka A. E. Cahlan or Al Cahlan was an American newspaper publisher and prominent civic leader during the mid-20th century in the forming of Las Vegas. During his lifetime, he was best known for his unabashed approach to the politics of mid-century Las Vegas, which he often wrote about in his daily column.
Joseph Neil Crowley was the 13th president of the University of Nevada, Reno from 1978 to 2001 and interim president from 2005 to 2006 and was the longest-serving president at the university and cannabis advocate. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
The National Judicial College (NJC) was established in 1963 as an entity within the American Bar Association. The NJC moved to the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno in 1964 and became a Nevada not-for-profit (501)(c)(3) educational corporation in 1977. The NJC provides judicial training to judges from across the United States.
A Master of Journalism is a master's degree awarded to students who have studied journalism at a graduate level. Like other master's degree programs, master of journalism programs are typically between one and two years.
