I am collecting images to be used with my article about Las Vegas journalist Ruthe Deskin. The article should run sometime in the next few months. This ad can be found in Ruthe’s papers at the UNLV. We went through the papers a few years ago. I am still looking for details about this image of Ruthe with Ann Landers.

The New York Times had an interesting story this weekend about Senate majority leader Harry Reid – Democrat of Nevada. Here is a link. Las Vegas journalist (and previous Reno women’s page editor) Ruthe Deskin often covered Reid. She had known him since his high schoo years. In fact, when Ruthe questioned some of Reid’s practices a few years ago, he immediately released more documents although it was not required. He made a statement noting that he did not want to disappoint Ruthe. My article about Ruthe is coming out soon in a state history journal. It is based on her papers at UNLV.

Lance and I just watched the movie, The Hoax, about the fake biography of Howard Hughes. The story reminded me of Las Vegas Sun journalist Ruthe Deskin. (Initially, she was a women’s page editor in Reno, Nevada.) In 1954, Ruthe Deskin was president of the Las Vegas Press Club. She was supervising the rehearsal of a skit for organization’s event at the Branding Iron Club. While there, Howard Hughes, along with some giggling young women arrived to watch. Ruthe got tired of the noise and told someone to tell the group to leave. No one wanted to speak to Hughes so she took the job on herself. According to her…

Lance & I finished the final revisions/edits on our Ruthe Deskin manuscript to send back to a history journal. It’s a much stronger piece now. It was intimidating to write about such a Nevada journalism legend but I think we did her justice. UPDATE: I have heard from the journal editor and only minor changes remain at this point. I am happy that Ruthe’s story will be told. She brought real class to Las Vegas – a place Lance & I love to visit. UPDATE II: The revisions have been made and the article has been accepted.

Today I am working on revisions for a revise and resubmit on an article about Las Vegas Sun journalist Ruthe Deskin. I went through her papers at the UNLV archives. Here is more about Ruthe.

My article about Ruthe Deskin, longtime Las Vegas journalist, is now under review at a historical journal. Ruthe made a significant difference in her city and provided a stabilizing voice to the maverick publisher Hank Greenspun. (Ruthe is pictured here with Hank.) I went through Ruthe’s papers at UNLV and viewed the videotaped oral history that her family recorded. Here is my earlier post about my research on Ruthe.