Thanks to MacArthur Foundation Knight Foundation Democracy Fund and other national funders for leading #PressForward More info here on the national side of this initiative: pressforward.news

Thank you so much to our founding #pressforwardNM partners. Our co-chair the Thornburg Foundation, and the SantaFeCF.org, Albuquerque Community Foundation, CFSNM, New Mexico Foundation and McCune Foundation Get in touch if you’d like to join!

Time for something different! If you've ever been curious about those Scottish Highland Dancing events I'm always going to, here's your chance to see it in person, with a bonus dose of live bagpipes from Mac Tire of Skye Pipes and Drums. March 24th! fusionnm.org/upcoming/2024/…

Any human in Cleveland who knows me can tell you I'm terrible at asking for help. But for those of you who've told me you love Signal Cleveland & Cleveland Documenters, I'm asking that you consider chipping in to sustain our work. go.signalcleveland.org/3OUNJwf

If you're curious about how real, human-centered journalism is accomplished, please read this essay from Patrick Lohmann, who explains it as well as I've ever seen: sourcenm.com/2024/03/25/i-m…

Fresh roster coming soon. Are you a newsroom, student, or recent graduate? This could be you! Apply by Monday

Meet our John S. Knight Fellowships 2024-2025 International Fellows. jsk.stanford.edu/news/2024/jsk-…

"I wish people didn't believe everything they read online!" Raise your hand if you've felt like this! Many people lack news literacy skills. But instead of getting frustrated, you can empower your audience by building news literacy into your journalism. trustingnews.org/trustkits/news…

Excited to be speaking at Creative Industries week in 20 minutes. There's still time to register, and lots of interesting discussions the rest of the week. ta4g4zgk.paperform.co

The UNM Local News Fellowship helped us bring Leah Romero to report with Source New Mexico || bsky @sourcenm.com for a year. She started last week and is doing impactful news in a disaster zone for Southern NM. (Also our first The Round Up colleague cc: Geoff Grammer) sourcenm.com/author/leahrom…

Journalists all over the New Mexico, including the likes of colleagues Gregory Highway Hasman, Chancey Bush and others, have been doing admirable public service journalism with the fire coverage. I also want to shout out the crew at Source New Mexico || bsky @sourcenm.com for their coverage. Fantastic work., all.

Yes, college students have lost their ability to read. I have taught lit for 24 years; the threshold started to decline in the late aughts and nosedived during Covid. A thread with observations + how I get my students to read ALL (or at least most) of the reading I assign: 🧵

Want to support Scottish highland dancing in New Mexico? Craving some Panda Express? Well tomorrow you can do both! Best of all it works anywhere in the country. instagram.com/p/DA6gi13yJ_-/…

Be sure to check out our Publications page for the latest resources on covering #2024 #elections nmlocalnews.org/publications

Journalists, let's set the expectation ahead of Election Day that vote counting takes time. Here are three pre-written explainers you can use. trustingnews.org/use-these-pre-…

Congrats Source New Mexico || bsky @sourcenm.com!

Please join us for the 2024 New Mexico Local News Symposium on November 15th in Santa Fe. We'll have a post-election discussion with CNN's Brian Stelter and have an opportunity to hear from the new editor of the Albuquerque Journal, Jay Newton-Small Tickets: nmlocalnews2024.eventbrite.com

Huge thanks to everyone who helped get HB 497 withdrawn. The bill would have rewritten the Inspection of Public Records Act, one of two laws protecting open government. The bill said, among other things, that inmates aren't people and staff members didn't have to answer questions