I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
In another sign of the bad economic times for media, Albuquerque Journal employees won’t get year-end bonuses for the first time in more than a decade.
Publisher T.H. Lang notified folks earlier this week.
As a Journal alum, I remember last year some employees worried openly about the bonuses not materializing. Ultimately they came. I know how big a hit not getting a bonus will be for some Journal employees. The longer one stays at the Journal, the larger the bonus grows. I didn’t stay long enough to see my bonus grow large, but I know some folks who did. And it is to you folks, and all who work hard to put out the paper every day, that I say I’m sorry about the bummer news.
