KOB-TV has a unique opportunity for a sales and marketing Account Executive. Candidates must exhibit a strong sales and marketing skill set. Minimum two years’ experience in sales, advertising, or media experience preferred. Knowledge of the local marketplace and ability to learn broadcasting terminology and methodology. Ability to understand the features Read more
By: Heath Haussamen, SPJ Rio Grande board member Journalists from as far away as Albuquerque and El Paso attended Saturday’s training in Las Cruces to learn about their rights when encountering federal immigration enforcement agents. In all, 23 people from the region attended the training, which was sponsored by the Read more
The Albuquerque Journal is currently hiring a general assignment reporter “with experience or interest in covering a national laboratory (Sandia National Laboratories) and an Air Force base (Kirtland Air Force Base).” Details at JournalismJobs.com
There are two ways a campus sexual assault can be investigated: 1) criminally and by police, which may lead to a trial in months or years down the line 2) administratively by a university, which could lead to a student being suspended or expelled. People who’d been sexually assaulted at Read more
By Heath Haussamen A recent tweet from U.S. Immigrants and Customs Enforcement (ICE) revealed that the agency had arrested an Arkansas man on “child sex tourism charges.” That arrest fit the narrative ICE spreads – that immigrants are criminals who need to be deported – so the agency released details. Read more
The Society of Professional Journalists chose the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission for the 2016 Black Hole Award. The award draws attention to “government institutions or agencies for outright contempt of the public’s right to know.” SPJ Rio Grande board president Laura Paskus nominated the ISC this year: I’ve been a Read more