IRVINE, Calif. -- The return to United Press International of Myram Borders and her appointment as news manager for Nevada, Idaho and Montana was announced Thursday by UPI Managing Editor Ronald E. Cohen.
The appointment becomes effective June 1, Cohen told a meeting of the UPI California-Nevada Editors Association held in Irvine in conjunction with a two-day convention of the California Society of Newspaper Editors.
Borders, formerly UPI's bureau manager in Las Vegas, Nev., worked for UPI for 27 years until joining the Reno Gazette-Journal in 1985 and opening that newspaper's first Las Vegas bureau.
'We're thrilled that Myram has agreed to return to UPI, especially as this comes at a very exciting period in our company's existence,' said Cohen, referring to the news agency's expected emergence from bankrupty under new ownership next month.
'She is a splendid journalist who, with good reason, has earned the respect of newspaper and broadcast editors throughout Nevada,' Cohen said.
In her new assignment, Borders will supervise coverage in Nevada, Idaho and Montana and report to Pacific DivisionEditor Jacques Clafin in Los Angeles.
Borders will be based in Las Vegas. In overseeing news coverage of Nevada, she will be assisted by two veteran journalists -- Las Vegas Bureau Manager David Kelley and Carson City Bureau Manager Cy Ryan.
Borders served as Las Vegas UPI bureau manager from 1965 to 1985 following assignments in Reno, San Diego and Los Angeles.
During her career with UPI she covered such stories as the Watts riots in Los Angeles, the assassination of Robert Kennedy, the indictment of Sirhan Sirhan and the Charles Manson Trial.
In Nevada, Borders has gained wide experience covering the U.S. nuclear weapons testing program and legalized gaming.
A native of Kentucky, Borders graduated Phi Kappa Phi from the University of Nevada in Reno.
She is a past president of the Las Vegas Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, and currently serves on the SPJ-SDX national Freedom of Information Committee.
Borders played a key role in obtaining passage of the Nevada Open Meeting Law, one of the strongest such pieces of legislation in the nation, and served on the Nevada Supreme Court committee which adopted current guidelines in Nevada courtrooms.
Until she was succeeded by UPI's David Kelley last year, Borders was the permanent moderator on KLVX-TV's 'Nevada Week In Review,' a live analysis of the week's news events.
Borders also moderates the live statewide televised debates sponsored by the League of Women Voters between candidates in gubernatorial and Congressional races.
