The Nevada Sagebrush is the independent student newspaper of the University of Nevada, Reno. It was founded on October 19, 1893, as The Student Record, against the wishes of the Nevada Board of Regents. In 1910, the name was changed to The Sagebrush and then in 2004, to The Nevada Sagebrush. The newspaper currently releases a digital issue at the end of every month and employs about 10 Nevada students. All six of the university's Pulitzer Prize winners had bylines in The Nevada Sagebrush and five served as staff writers.
Sections The Nevada Sagebrush is split into five sections: News – The news section covers both on- and off-campus news. Sports – The sports section with a focus on the Nevada Wolf Pack. Arts & Entertainment – The section contains reviews of movies and music and features on cultural trends. Opinion – The editorial section. Multimedia – The section for developing stand alone and complementary content for the Nevada Sagebrush socials.
Notable alumni
Sig Rogich Geoff Schumacher
Awards The Nevada Sagebrush won the 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12 and most recently, 2014–15 Pacemaker Award for student journalism.. It was also a finalist for a Pacemaker at the 2006, 2007 and 2015 ACP student journalism awards. It has won the best of show award at the fall 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 ACP national conferences in its category (weekly broadsheet at a four-year university). The website won an ACP Online Pacemaker for the first time in 2011. It was also nominated for an online ACP Pacemaker in 2008. The paper also won an award for “Best Editorial Writing” in 1986 from the Nevada State Press Association.
Former editors
1893–1894: Charles Magill 1894–1895: F.H. Saxton 1895–1896: O.T. Williams / J. L. M. Henry 1896–1897: G. R. Bliss 1897–1898: J. J. Sullivan 1898–1899: H. H. Dexter 1899–1900: A. M. Smith 1900–1901: F. A. Bonham 1901–1902: George Springmeyer 1902–1903: Bernard O'Hara / J. V. Comerford 1903–1904: J. V. Comerford 1904–1905: C. C. Smith / John S. Case / D.M. McDonald 1905–1906: D. M. McDonald / John P. Arnot 1906–1907: Silas E. Ross 1907–1908: Elmer A. Porter / S. L. Netherton / Silas E. Ross 1908–1909: Silas E. Ross 1909–1910: Stanley M. Wilton / August Holmes 1910–1911: August Holmes / Lloyd B. Patrick 1911–1912: Chester M. Ogden 1912–1913: Robert P. Farrar 1913–1914: Robert P. Farrar 1914–1915: Louis J. Sommers 1915–1916: Bourke Healey 1916–1917: John Heard 1917–1918: Lyle Kimmel 1918–1919: George Hopkins 1919–1920: R. P. Bryan 1920–1921: John R Bryan 1921–1922: Leslie M. Bruce 1922–1923: John R. Ross 1923–1924: Paul Harwood 1924–1925: Walker G. Matheson 1925–1926: W. H. Buntin 1926–1927: Ernest L. Inwood 1927–1928: Fred M. Anderson 1928–1929: Allen R. Crawford 1929–1930: James Hammond 1930–1931: Harvey Dondero 1931–1932: Joe Jackson 1932–1933: Kenneth F. Johnson 1933–1934: William F. McMenamin 1934–1935: Forrest M. Bibb 1935–1936: Frank Sullivan 1936–1937: John Carr 1937–1938: John Brackett 1938–1939: Don Kinkle 1939–1940: Clarence Heckethom 1940–1941: Frank McCulloch 1941–1942: Byrn Armstrong 1942–1943: BtlJFrlel / Jack Fleming 1943–1944: Jack Fleming / Melba Whitaker / Betty Molignoni 1944–1945: Betty Molignoni 1945–1946: Madeline Maestretti 1946–1947: Bill Henley / Lloyd Rogers 1947–1948: Gene Evans 1948–1949: Jonnie Milburn 1949–1950: Gene McKenna 1950–1951: Mark Curtis 1951–1952: Frank Johnson / Joseph Abbott 1952–1953: Joseph Abbott 1953–1954: Rosemary Cochran / William Eaton 1954–1955: William Eaton / Paul Finch 1955–1956: Paul Finch / Ken Robbins 1956–1957: Bruce Bledsoe 1957–1958: Jim Joyce 1958–1959: Dewey Berscheid 1959–1960: Warren Lerude 1960–1961: Donald O'Donnel / Marybeth Varcados / Don Graydon 1961–1962: Toddene Watkins 1962–1963: Doug Buchanan 1963–1964: Patricia Rogero 1964–1965: Mike Sloan / Linda Chambers 1965–1966: Sig Rogich 1966–1967: Hampton Young 1967–1968: George Frank 1968–1969: Tim Countis 1969–1970: Tom Wixon / Mike Cuno 1970–1971: Sheila Caudle 1971–1972: Mike Graham 1972–1973: Buddy Frank 1973–1974: Kelsie Harder 1974–1975: Kelsie Harder 1975–1976: Bob Anderson 1976–1977: Gary Jesch / Bill Becker / Laura Hinton 1977–1978: Laura Hinton / Steve Falcone 1978–1979: Steve Martarano 1979–1980: Ruth Mills 1980–1981: K. J. Evans / John Roll 1981–1982: Charles Morse Jr. 1982–1983: Carol Zanetti 1983–1984: Lauren Belaustegui 1984–1985: Steve Ball 1985–1986: Guy Clifton 1986–1987: Mike Sullivan 1987–1988: Geoff Schumacher 1988–1989: Bryan Allison 1989–1990: Kristine Kaiser 1990–1991: Dan Hinxman 1991–1992: Rachael Conlin 1992–1993: Marcel Levy 1993–1994: Tina Crinite 1994–1995: James Welborn / Martha Bellisle 1996–1997: John Curtis 1997–1998: Jace Radke 1998–1999: Brock Radke 1999–2000: Adrienne Rice 2000–2001: Alexandra Crocket 2001–2002: Benjamin Larson 2002–2003: Jeremy Dutton 2003–2004: Dylan Shaver 2004–2005: Alex Newman 2005–2007: Annie Flanzraich 2007–2008: Brian Duggan 2008–2009: Nick Coltrain 2009–2011: Jessica Fryman 2011–2012: Juan López 2012–2013: Ben Miller 2013–2014: Megan Ortiz / Chris Boline 2014–2015: Chris Boline 2015–2016: Terrance Bynum 2016–2018: Jacob Solis 2018–2019: Madeline Purdue 2019–2021: Olivia Ali 2021–2022: Andrew Mendez 2022—2024: Emerson Drewes 2024–2025: Derek Raridon 2025–2026: Kelsea Frobes 2026—Present: James Wolfgang Perez
References
External links
Silver and Blue Article on The Nevada Sagebrush and its editors (archive) A history of the Sagebrush written during its centennial in 1993 (archive)