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The chapter board met on May 27 and discussed a number of issues. To read the minutes, go here.

Rio Grande Members Invited to Apply for New Fellowship Program to Encourage Examination of Healthcare Systems The Association of Health Care Journalists has announced a new fellowship program to help journalists understand and report on the performance of local healthcare systems and the U.S. health system as a whole. Supported Read more

Attention Chapter Members With Online Reporting Savvy The Online News Association, the world’s largest membership organization of digital journalists, and the University of Miami’s School of Communication has put out a call for entries for the 2010 Online Journalism Awards (OJAs), emblematic of the best in online journalism. This year, Read more

The Rio Grande Chapter is pleased to welcome Elva Osterreich as one of our newest members.  A twelve-year veteran at the Alamogordo Daily News, Osterreich began as a community life reporter before becoming the Associate News Editor.  Osterreich’s beats include education, water and the environment.

By Betsy Model, President SPJ members still have the chance to apply for the Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Editorial Writing and the Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award, both offered through the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation. The Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Editorial Writing awards $75,000 to an editorial Read more

The chapter is happy to announce that Duane Barbati has joined SPJ Rio Grande as a Pro Member.  Duane, a native of Dearborn Heights, Michigan,  has worked as a journalist in New Mexico for five years and currently covers the police and courts beat for the Alamogordo Daily News.