Borders, Myram, 1936-

American journalist Myram Borders was born on May 21, 1936 in Kentucky. She moved with her family to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1940, where she attended Las Vegas High School and the University of Nevada, Reno earning a degree in journalism. After graduation, Borders was hired as a wire service news reporter by United Press International (UPI) and was assigned to the Reno office. She later transferred to San Diego, California and then to Los Angeles, California. In 1965 she was named Bureau Manager for the Las Vegas, Nevada office. Borders was the first woman bureau manager for UPI in the western United States. For a brief period in the 1980s she headed the Las Vegas office for Gannett Newspapers, which published more than 180 newspapers in the United States, including The Reno Gazette Journal.

Borders was the Commissioner of Consumer Affairs for the State of Nevada from 1990 to 1992. In 1992 she became Manager of the Las Vegas News Bureau, which was a branch of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, a position she held until her retirement in 2002. On September 30, 2017 she was inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame at the Nevada Press Association dinner in Carson City, Nevada.

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"NPA Hall of Fame honors journalist Myram Borders," accessed July 5, 2018,https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/jane-ann-morrison/npa-hall-of-fame-honors-journalist-myram-borders/