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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: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

‘Polling Pulls Us Apart’

October 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier National columnist David Broder once told a group of editorial writers (myself included) that polling has reached the point it irritates people. Broder, who has covered every national campaign and convention since 1960 – traveling up to 100,000 miles a year to interview voters and report on candidates – made that comment [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Letter To The Editor Echoes Our Point

June 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann Huzzah to the reader who felt strongly enough to write a letter to the Journal about the ridiculous placement of identically-sized mugshots of gubernatorial candidates Diane Denish, Susana Martinez and cop-killer mom Theresa Romero on the paper’s June 10 front page. The story was about the state’s recently-repealed death penalty. Romero was [...]

Giving Big Play to Polls

May 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier If it weren’t for the glut of photos that accompanied it, one might have thought that governor’s race was over, judging from the literally over-the-top play a candidate-poll story received on the front page of this week’s Sunday Journal. Splayed across the entire top half of the front-page news hole – above [...]