Dan Mayfield
The SPJ Rio Grande chapter welcomes a new board member to the team! Dan Mayfield is an award-winning journalist and columnist for the Albuquerque Journal, where he covers New Mexico’s vibrant arts, film and music communities for the statewide daily newspaper. Dan shares his love of rock ‘n’ roll on Sunday afternoons on Real Oldies 1600 AM, where he hosts the weekly Doo-Wop Stop and plays the best doo-wop and vocal group music of the 1950s and 1960s. For KOAT-TV, Dan hosts the weekly Top Billing segment, where he shares his picks for the best weekend activities in the Land of Enchantment on the station’s morning news program. He is an Albuquerque native, an Albuquerque High School and University of New Mexico graduate, and a fellow at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Journalism. Besides lending general expertise to the chapter’s board of directors, Dan will help spearhead programs and continuing education to benefit all chapter members and New Mexico and west Texas journalism community.