By Denise Tessier Nearly 150 post offices in rural communities across New Mexico have or will have their hours trimmed over the next year as the U.S. Post Office seeks to cut its budget. That’s the opening line of a story that ran Sunday in the Las Cruces Sun-News. But that news has yet to […]
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Still Short on Postal News — Especially What’s Most Important to New Mexicans
August 14th, 2014 · No Comments · Congress, journalism, role of government
Tags:ABQ Journal Watch·ABQJournalWatch.com·Albuquerque Journal·Denise Tessier·Las Cruces Sun-News·Pew Charitable Trusts·post office closures·postal banking·Sen. Darrell Issa·Sen. Elizabeth Warren·Sen. Martin Heinrich·Sen. Tom Udall·U.S. Postal Service·Vicki Kennedy
Where Is Media Advocacy as the U.S. Postal Service – and Rural America – Come Under Siege?
October 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Why isn’t local media, including the Albuquerque Journal, championing preservation of the U.S. Postal Service? Aside from it being an American institution that predates nationhood (founded 1775), aside from it being synonymous with the origin and history of most U.S. towns, aside from the delivery service it provides less expensively than private […]
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