Profiles on members, speakers and journalism gurus.
By Rachel Sams SPJ Rio Grande Board Member Photojournalist Donna DeCesare has reported on conflict from Northern Ireland to El Salvador. She’s spent her career pursuing stories that play out beyond the battlefield and away from the public eye — particularly stories of how women and children are affected by Read more…
Note: Many of us at SPJ Rio Grande will miss Alexa Schitzinger. Fellow board member Peter St. Cyr has offered this “bon voyage” as she starts the next phase of her career in California: I remember when Alexa first moved to New Mexico from Texas. She was hired to replace Read more…
This weekend, I had a great time taking with M.E. Sprengelmeyer, publisher of the print-only Guadalupe County Communicator, on John Ensslin’s Studio SPJ. But the 30-minute show went by way too fast, so M.E. and I chatted for a while afterwards. In particular, I wondered if he had advice for Read more…
Veteran journalist Julie Ann Grimm will step into the editor’s chair at the Santa Fe Reporter after Alexa Schirtzinger leaves later this month. Grimm is the former president of the Rio Grande SPJ chapter and was the program chair for the Region 9 conference held in Santa Fe earlier this Read more…
Join Studio SPJ on Saturday Aug. 10 at noon (Mountain time) when our guest will be M. E. Sprengelmeyer, reporter and publisher of the Guadalupe County Communicator. Before purchasing the weekly paper in New Mexico in 2009, Sprengelmeyer worked at the Rocky Mountain News, where he served in the paper’s 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…