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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

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…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

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…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

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.

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Social media, citizen journalism trumps traditional media—on the plane crashes beat

By | 01.16.09 | 12:38 pm

In some cases (not all) crowd-sourcing and citizen journalism clearly has an advantage over the traditional media. While an AP or Reuters photographer will probably not be around the site of a plane crash, there are always people around. People with cell phones that have increasingly clear cameras attached.