SPJ Rio Grande Chapter sponsored events and workshops or other happenings of interest to members.
This month, we’ll strategize about checking compliance with IPRA, and we’ll divvy up the work. Pitch in and help us hold government agencies accountable. We’ll also review our discussion around last year’s changes to IPRA law. As always, this monthly event is free and open to journalists who are not Read more…
Mark your calendars now! On April 15-16, the Rio Grande and University of New Mexico Student chapters of SPJ will be hosting the Region 9 conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The conference will include speakers such as Robert Hernandez and Fred Brown and feature a variety of panels and workshops including: digital security, covering elections, crunching Read more…
Dear Gov. Martinez, “It is public record. Give it to me.” We agree. Sincerely, IPRA Friday crew p.s. The name of whoever called the police on you is not, in and of itself, a public record subject to disclosure. But we’re happy to hash out what is. Come hang out with us Read more…
We’ll meet with KUNM’s Ed Williams to talk about how he used IPRA requests and documents to uncover a poisonous dry-cleaning chemical plume in Downtown Albuquerque that’s bigger than the Kirtland jet fuel spill and closer to the surface. Find all of Williams’ stories in this series here. We’ll also Read more…
We’ll meet with Albuquerque lawyer Colin Hunter to talk about March changes to the Inspection of Public Records Act that took the teeth out of the law’s penalties. More on those changes in this SFR article by Joey Peters. As always, this monthly event is free and open to journalists Read more…