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Sunshine laws and fighting ‘pink slime’
It’s that time of year again! Sunshine Week (March 13-19) is just around the corner so we thought we’d offer an open government refresher for student journalists.
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Gray Skies: Big Black Squares
There are two ways a campus sexual assault can be investigated: 1) criminally and by police, which may lead to a trial in months or years down the line 2) administratively by a university, which could lead to a student being suspended or expelled. People who’d been sexually assaulted at Read more…
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GRAY SKIES: IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES MUST COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS
By Heath Haussamen A recent tweet from U.S. Immigrants and Customs Enforcement (ICE) revealed that the agency had arrested an Arkansas man on “child sex tourism charges.” That arrest fit the narrative ICE spreads – that immigrants are criminals who need to be deported – so the agency released details. Read more…
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Interview With A Records Custodian
The city of Santa Fe’s Public Records Custodian Bernadette Romero does a couple of things that make her stand out to SPJ Rio Grande. One, she’ll reach out to someone requesting a public record to help refine their request so they get what they’re looking for—and it’s not buried in Read more…
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Gray Skies: When Efforts to Engage with State Agencies Fail
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.
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City On The Edge & SPJ Cover YOUR Right To Know
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…