Alexa Schirtzinger, editor of the Santa Fe Reporter and board member for the Rio Grande Chapter, has won a prestigious John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship. Schirtzinger is one of 12 U.S. journalists selected from 100 applicants. She and her colleagues will join eight international journalists also selected for the program Read more
Within the past year, the Rio Grande Chapter has sponsored two different panels on science writing. (It’s a topic so popular, we decided to offer the program twice!) For those of you who enjoyed those panels–or just might be interested in science writing and/or freelancing– check out the brand-new book, Read more
The deadline has been extended to May 6 to apply for Terry Harper Memorial Scholarships to attend the Excellence in Journalism Conference in Southern California August 24-26. Scholarships will provide the following: — A convention registration — Three nights stay at the convention hotel, the Anaheim Marriott — Airfare to Read more
Mary Thom, former executive editor of Ms. Magazine and sister to KUNM’s Susan Thom Loubet, died unexpectedly last week in a motorcycle accident. She was 68. Thom was a chronicler of the feminist movement and edited an oral history about Bella S. Abzug, the former congresswoman. “She was a lodestone Read more
The Society of Professional Journalists issued a statement supporting the decision by Central New Mexico Community College to reinstate its student newspaper. The college removed copies of the paper from newsstands and suspended The CNM Chronicle following the publication of a sex issue. SPJ President Sonny Albarado sent a letter Read more