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A selection of my most recent writing on journalism, media practice, and teaching. Click through to read full posts.
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This is for New Mexicans: Tell us how you get information about your community
Participate in our research survey to voice your concerns and insights ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ …
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Mapping Local News is Key to Finding Funding for It
I come from the nonprofit world. My entire journalism career was in public media — save for a few years of newscasting at a commercial radio station in Georgia. (You could say my media journey was largely counter-reactive to my father’s long commercial media career but that’s a topic for a different post!) So, I’m…
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Mapping our Local News Ecosystem in New Mexico
I’ve embarked on a public service project that I hope will make a notable difference in the vitality of our local news landscape in New Mexico. The project is called the New Mexico Local News Ecosystem Mapping Project. It’s a partnership between researchers at UNM, the NM Local News Fund, and our new state chapter…
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Aguilar: Why Public Media Should Pay Attention to the Latino Media Consortium’s Vision
I recommend this piece by Ernesto Aguilar, a public media leader with dedicated concern for our ever-growing Latino audiences. Here’s an excerpt with links to the source. Gracias! *** This month marked the official launch of the Latino Media Consortium, a groundbreaking initiative aiming to transform how media serves Latino communities. For public media, this…
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Getting Our Local News Act Together
Not a new topic on this blog! Still, let’s keep at it. How does public media step up and provide their communities local news, especially now as the broader local news ecosystem in America is in crisis? Current covered this new report that finds we should be so much further along by now… and why…
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CPB Amps Up Digital Training for Public Media Stations
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting brings publicly appropriated money to the public radio and television system… which is now more than TV and radio, so we call it the public MEDIA system… and, so, yes, CPB is all in favor of a multi-platform approach to public service programming for Americans. Thus, we have, a new…
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3…2…1… Happy Retirement!
The countdown to midnight on New Year’s Eve was more than a welcome to 2024. For me, it was the lead-up to the moment I’d officially retire from the University of New Mexico. 3, 2, 1… Happy New Life! To Do List Done I’ll turn 68 in 2024. Ten of those years were serving as…
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