The Rio Grande Sun, a weekly paper in Española (northern) New Mexico, was awarded an $11,000 grant from the Knight FOI Fund to press litigation against Northern New Mexico College for disregarding basic requirements of the open records law. The grant was announced Friday by the National Freedom of Information Read more
By David L. Brown, VP-Communications On Friday, August 27 a group of SPJ members and guests gathered in Albuquerque for a lunch-hour seminar presented by Michael Corwin. The Albuquerque PI shared tips from the world of private investigation on how to get the information you need to flesh out stories. Read more
By Betsy Model, President There are three new job openings at KOAT-TV, Albuquerque’s ABC affiliate. They are looking for news photojournalist/editors, a local manager, and a news videotape editor. For details and how to apply, click here to go to our Jobs & Gigs page.
By Betsy Model, President The Rio Grande Chapter is delighted to welcome Taos resident and news veteran Rick Romancito to not only the chapter but to our board… Rick brings a wealth of experience to all of us in the chapter. He’s a 20-year plus veteran of The Taos News Read more
By Betsy Model, President The John S. Knight Fellowship offers U.S. and international editors, journalists, reporters, photographers and radio and television broadcasters an academic year at Stanford University in California. Deadline is December 15, 2010 for international applicants and February 1, 2011 for U.S. applicants. The program consists of studying Read more
By Betsy Model, President Rio Grande Chapter journalists who seek to develop an understanding of technology, science and the arts may apply for the Kyoto Prize Fellowship sponsored by the Inamori Foundation. Deadline is September 10, 2010. Winning fellows travel to Japan from Nov. 7-14, 2010 to meet the latest Read more