Profiles on members, speakers and journalism gurus.
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…
In mid-March, the Rio Grande Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists teamed with the New Mexico Foundation on Open Government to challenge practices by the Office of the New Mexico Attorney General and the City of Albuquerque that restrict the First Amendment access rights of journalists in New Mexico. Read more…
Rio Grande Chapter member (and treasurer) Peter St. Cyr was recently chosen as a John Jay/Tow Reporting Fellow for the Workshop project on juvenile justice. This year’s project is focused on the question “Where’s the Justice in America’s Juvenile Justice System?” and will be launched at John Jay College of Criminal Read more…
Rio Rancho media entrepreneur David Brown has steadfastly remained an SPJ member for half a century. Brown, who helped rebirth the long-dismantled SPJ Rio Grande Chapter and is currently a board member, grew up with SPJ. His father, an entomologist at Purdue University, edited an agriculture magazine and was given Read more…