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.
We’re headed all over the place in this roundup of what’s going on the blogosphere, but let’s start with Earth Day (which, by the way, is tomorrow). SFReeper.com gives the facts on the day and activities planned in Santa Fe.And two state lawmakers author a guest column published today on Democracy for New Mexico about Earth Day and the “new reality in New Mexico.”
Onward. In Albuquerque, Peter St. Cyr continues the story on Mayor Marty’s dealings with the city council. He posts the mayor’s letter to Council President Isaac Benton, which is an attempt to reach a compromise.
In Las Cruces, Jose Garcia writes about the continuing violence across the border.
Last, the Wall Street Journal has an article today on “America’s newest profession,” which is, of course, blogging for money. There are now 20 million bloggers in America, with 1.7 million profiting from their work. Some 452,000 — including me, by the way — use blogging as their primary source of income.
“If journalists were the Fourth Estate, bloggers are becoming the Fifth Estate,” the article states.
NMI’s Danielle Bauer contributed to this report.
