Las Vegas NowFace to Face with Jon Ralston
Jon Ralston has been writing about Nevada for almost two decades. He is from Buffalo, N.Y., and holds a B.A. in English from Cornell University and a M.A. in Journalism from University of Michigan.
Shortly after his 1983 graduation, he came to Las Vegas as the night police reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, later covering general assignment and county government before becoming a political reporter in 1986.
Ralston wrote for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for 15 years, the last seven as a freelance columnist.
In 1999, the Greenspun Media Group purchased the political newsletter The Ralston Report. Ralston currently publishes RalstonFlash.com, a daily e-mail newsletter containing insider political and business information.
Ralston also writes weekly columns for In Business Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Sun. In addition to the print media, he is a frequent guest commentator on Las Vegas' CBS affiliate, Channel 8.
In addition, Ralston is the host of "Face to Face," a political discussion program that appears on Las Vegas 1 (COX Cable channel 19), the all-news cable channel that is a joint operation of Cox Communications, KLAS-Channel 8 and the Las Vegas Sun. The show appears weekdays at 5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m with rebroadcasts at 11:00am and 3:00pm. "The Best of Face to Face" airs Saturday and Sunday at varying hours. Consult your local tv schedule.
Awards garnered by Ralston include: Nevada State Press Association's Outstanding Young Journalist of the Year in 1986, Best Columnist of the Year in 1991 and 1992 and Best Non-Staff Columnist in 2000, 2001 and 2003. In 1996, Ralston was named one of Clark County's "Top 40 Under 40" by the Las Vegas Business Press. In 2000, Ralston was named as an Influential Businessman in Southern Nevada
by In Business Las Vegas.
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