The Society of Professional Journalists chose the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission for the 2016 Black Hole Award. The award draws attention to “government institutions or agencies for outright contempt of the public’s right to know.” SPJ Rio Grande board president Laura Paskus nominated the ISC this year: I’ve been a Read more…
No one would respond, however. It wasn’t even a controversial story — the village ended up receiving the money they’d been counting on. I just wanted to know why the state had sent that letter and what might be going on with the budget or the grant funding.
The SPJ Rio Grande chapter and City on the Edge podcast recently teamed up for on a live taping to kick off Sunshine Week. Journalists Julie Ann Grimm (Santa Fe Reporter), Laura Paskus (NM Political Report), Joey Peters (NM Political Report), and Jeff Proctor (New Mexico In Depth) joined the City Read more…
A New Mexico Supreme Court ruling opens access to some members of the public, including the press, to digitized court cases in the Odyssey Case Management System “Secured Odyssey Public Access” (SOPA). Journalists must apply online for credentials to access the system: Application for Online Access to New Mexico Judiciary Secure Court Cases Read more…