I remember the first time I faced gunfire as a journalist. I’d been covering political protests when my newspaper got a call one morning that “something” was going to happen in the city center. A bunch of journalists gathered at a street corner, waiting, when a man showed up with Read more…
We’ve heard it all over the past few years: Journalists need to be Tweeting and Facebooking, writing SEO headlines and pivoting to video. Those are all valuable skills in the 21st century. But the most important tools for any reporter remain great reporting and strong writing. Join the Society of Read more…
The Rio Grande Chapter is excited to announce that our CAR scholarship winners this year are Diana Alba-Soular of the Las Cruces Sun News and Dan McKay of the Albuquerque Journal In a continued effort to improve the state of journalism in New Mexico and West Texas—and to serve our Read more…
In a continued effort to improve the state of journalism in New Mexico and West Texas—and to serve our members—the Rio Grande Chapter of SPJ is offering scholarships for two journalists to attend the IRE CAR bootcamp in Columbia, Missouri on August 6-10, 2017. We will reimburse successful applicants for Read more…
Can U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents really seize and go through your phones and other devices at an international border crossing? What about at the U.S. Border Patrol inland checkpoints along roads in southern New Mexico and west Texas? Or at other locations within the 100-mile zone along the Read more…
Can U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents really seize and go through your phones and other devices at an international border crossing? What about at the U.S. Border Patrol inland checkpoints along roads in southern New Mexico and west Texas? Or at other locations within the 100-mile zone along the Read more…