Northern New Mexico Press Women (Santa Fe and Los Alamos) is hosting the annual state meeting of New Mexico Press Women in Santa Fe on Friday and Saturday, May 4-5. More than 200 journalists–both men and women–from around the state are expected to visit the City Different for the conference. For Read more
SPJ Rio Grande Chapter president Julie Ann Grimm and New Mexico Foundation for Open Government Director Gwyneth Doland (also an SPJ board member) met Thursday with Al Lama, the director of the Civil Division at the New Mexico Attorney General’s office, and Phil Sisneros, the office’s communications director. Our organizations Read more
In a continued effort to improve the state of journalism in New Mexico—and to serve our members—the Rio Grande Chapter of SPJ has set aside $500 for scholarships. Scholarships for what? That’s what we want you to tell us. Have you always wanted to participate in online training at Poynter, Read more
New Mexico journalists had a fine showing in the 2012 Top of the Rockies contest, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists and covering publications in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Arizona. Our deep congratulations to all the New Mexico winners, announced Friday night in Denver: Radio: First Place, Read more
Traveling to another city to talk about journalism instead of staying in my hometown actually doing journalism is a tough decision to make. Ok, maybe not that tough. We all need a break from time to time. I feel fortunate to be spending two days in Denver this week representing Read more
New Mexico SPJ member Dennis J. Carroll, a veteran journalist based in Santa Fe; photojournalist Natalie Guillen of The Santa Fe New Mexican; and Albuquerque film producer Stuart Overbey have teamed up to begin filming a feature-length documentary that will tell the story of New Mexico’s forgotten victims of the Read more