Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Mary Hynes and photographer L.E. Baskow were named the top journalists in the state for their respective fields, and rjmagazine was honored as the Silver State’s best magazine Saturday night during the 2025 Nevada Press Foundation Awards of Excellence dinner in Fallon.

The Review-Journal’s twice-daily digital newscast, “7@7,” won first place for best Video Program or Series for the third straight year.

Rjmagazine’s General Excellence award in the magazine division was among the Review-Journal’s 28 first-place honors and 74 total contest awards in Nevada’s biggest journalism competition. Coverage of major news events across Southern Nevada — such as the shooting death of a prominent Summerlin attorney and his wife, and the death of longtime

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