Join PRSA-LVVC at its next luncheon to get the latest on Nevada’s political landscape from Jon Ralston, a regular columnist for the Las Vegas Sun and host of daily discussion program “Face to Face.”

About Jon Ralston:

Though Jon Ralston has been digging up the dirt about Nevada politics and business for more than two decades, he hails from Buffalo, N.Y. Ralston 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 Sin City 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 his political newsletter The Ralston Report. Ralston currently publishes RalstonFlash.com, a daily e-mail newsletter containing insider political and business information.

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.