You don’t need bug spray or sun screen — just a desire to cast some sunlight into closed spaces and find some great stories. Register here and join us! Las Cruces Thursday July 21 5:30 to 9 p.m. NMSU Zuhl Library, 2911 McFie Circle Albuquerque Santurday, July 23 9 a.m. Read more…
Why not file a FOIA or an IPRA request today? It’s easy to do and the Rio Grande Chapter has updated its FOI resources page. Please visit: http://www.nmspj.org/foi-resources/ Get busy filing. And when you write a story — or, perhaps come up against a problem — let us know.
President Garrey Carruthers (see his response below) The Society of Professional Journalists Río Grande Chapter is alarmed and disappointed by the efforts of New Mexico State University administrators to weaken the Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA). Draft changes circulated by university leaders would significantly limit the public’s access to Read more…
On January 20, Mayor Richard Berry called a news conference to discuss the selection of an independent monitor to oversee reform at the Albuquerque Police Department. City staff sent an announcement to various news outlets, including New Mexico Political Report. That news organization sent Margaret Wright, an established local journalist, Read more…
As part of Sunshine Week, the Rio Grande chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is highlighting work by New Mexico journalists this week that made use of Sunshine laws. Independent reporter Peter St. Cyr points out that it’s almost impossible for the public to scrutinize what prison officials do Read more…
It’s Sunshine Week and NMSPJ board member Joey Peters Santa Fe Reporter offers this great example of how using the Inspection of Public Records Act help him expose waste of state money. New Mexico Department of Health officials were charging taxpayers for their daily commutes from Roswell and nightly hotel Read more…