By Denise Tessier After nearly a year’s hiatus from writing for ABQJournalWatch, I am compelled to add to the points my colleague Arthur Alpert made Tuesday in his post about the Journal’s anti-Planned Parenthood campaign. The impetus is Wednesday’s UpFront column – “100 years of fighting for reproductive rights”. At first, the front-page headline prompted […]
Entries Tagged as 'Diane Denish'
Public Journal Bashing…and Other Bad News
January 16th, 2014 · 5 Comments · environment, journalism, NM Legislature
By Denise Tessier Albuquerque attorney and former city councilor Michael Cadigan took to facebook last week to announce that he has “finally taken the plunge” and dropped his subscription to the Albuquerque Journal. From his post: . . . As a news junkie, it was tough, but I finally cancelled my subscription to the Albuquerque […]
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The Albuquerque Journal ‘Needs To Change Its Tune’
January 14th, 2014 · No Comments · health care reform, journalism
By Denise Tessier I read with interest this morning’s column “New Mexico Needs To Change Its Tune,” by Albuquerque Journal business writer Winthrop Quigley. This link-line from the Journal’s web front page pulled me into the article: If a culture is defined by the words used to describe it, we need to find new words. […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Associated Press·Colleen Heild·Denise Tessier·Diane Denish·doctor shortages·E.J. Dionne·Gov. Susana Martinez·health care reform·James Besante·The Heritage Foundation·Winthrop Quigley
The Devastating Loss of the New Mexico Independent
November 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier For New Mexico Independent reporter Trip Jennings, it had been a “roller coaster day”: “I learned this morning I’d won two awards,” he Tweeted. “A few hours later I learned I’d been laid off due to lack of money.” Earlier, NMI Editor Gwyneth Doland had sent out this message of her own: […]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Albuquerque Tribune·Diane Denish·First Amendment·Gwyneth Doland·Heath Haussamen·New Mexico Independent·Susana Martinez·Trip Jennings
Better Late Than Never – Quigley's Column Poses Tough Economic Questions for Gov.-Elect
November 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann More than a few fans of good journalism and open government wished local journalists had worked a little bit harder to reveal the tightly-wrapped gubernatorial candidate that was Susana Martinez – specifically, to get more answers from her about how she actually intended to lead the state out of its current budget […]
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·Albuquerque Journal·Diane Denish·KNME-TV·New Mexico budget crisis·Santa Fe Reporter·Susana Martinez·UpFront·Weekly Alibi·Winthrop Quigley
The Push for the Nation’s First Hispanic Female Governor
November 5th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier As an amateur historian, I’m glad New Mexico has the distinction of having elected the nation’s first Spanish-surnamed female governor. And that’s how I would look on it – as something New Mexico can be proud of – if I were a historian of the future who knew nothing about the rest […]
Tags:ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Diane Denish·Gov. Bill Richardson·Susana Martinez·Thom Cole
My Take On Those UpFronts
October 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann In regards to Denise’s blog post on Thom Cole’s UpFront piece from Wednesday: I see her objection and raise it ten-fold. Like Denise, I thought the story Cole produced on the (anonymous) appearance of Albuquerque Community Foundation executive director Randy Royster in a Diane Denish television campaign ad was overblown. And like […]
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When Being UpFront About It Isn’t Quite Fair
October 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Amid some excellent campaign coverage, including fair and illuminating profiles of both the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates, a bit of insidious imbalance has turned up in the Albuquerque Journal’s continuing coverage, in this case because of story placement. The story in question is Thomas J. Cole’s UpFront column on Wednesday’s front […]
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