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.
The Rio Grande Foundation, a conservative, free-market nonprofit in Albuquerque, announced today that it has hired a full-time reporter to cover the state capitol on www.capitolreportnewmexico.com.
Rob Nikolewski worked as a sports anchor for seven different television stations across the country from 1983 until last year, according to his profile on LinkedIn.com. In 2008, he received a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University, where his profile says he focused on economics, management, leadership and quantitative analysis.
Nikolewski is also a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism, according to a press release from the Rio Grande Foundation.
“Undoubtedly, some will question whether a reporter who works for an ideologically free-market organization can be objective, but the real truth is that reporters are human beings and humans experience the world in a subjective way. I believe Rob Nikolewsk’s reporting will speak for itself and I think CapitolReportNewMexico.com will soon be a regular read for those who want to be ‘in the know’ on what is happening in New Mexico,” Foundation President Paul Gessing said in the release.
