Las Vegas Weekly snagged 29 awards, including nine first place honors, at the Nevada Press Foundation’s Awards of Excellence in Fallon on September 20. Greenspun Media Group also notched 21 awards for daily newspaper the Las Vegas Sun and six for Las Vegas Magazine, and the Sun’s Hillary Davis was honored with one of the Outstanding Journalist awards.

Weekly editor Shannon Miller was recognized with first-place awards for a feature on climate change and its wide-ranging impacts in the state, coverage of underserved communities, and education reporting. Arts and entertainment editor Amber Sampson won first-place awards for a feature on the Killers’ residency and for an arts and culture profile on a visiting author. And the magazine’s events team was awarded first place for its 2024 Vegas Inc Women Inspiring Nevada celebration.

Nevada Press Foundation executive director Brian Allfrey said the awards recognized the “incredible talent and dedication” of journalists working in Nevada. “These awards reflect the critical role Nevada journalists play in keeping our communities informed, engaged, and connected,” he said.

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