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.
According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, former Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin was the third-most discussed news story of the week from November 16-22, trailing only health care and the economy. The “uproar created by a recommendation that women in their 40s did not need routine mammograms” ranked fourth and President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia ranked fifth.
Palin, whose book “Going Rogue” was released last week, had more attention on her from the media even than when she decided to resign from the governorship of Alaska halfway through her first term.
Palin was the second-highest newsmaker, trailing only Barack Obama. That metric measures how many news stories that feature the newsmaker in at least half of the story.
