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The Communicator of Achievement Award is the highest honor bestowed by New Mexico Press Women and the National Federation of Press Women upon those members who have distinguished themselves within and beyond their profession. The recipient, chosen from nominations by NMPW members, is recognized for exceptional achievement in the communications field, service to NMPW/NFPW and to the […]
New Mexico Press Women EXCEEDED its goal to raise $1,500 for the Doris Gregory Scholarship during this year’s #GivingTuesday on December 1, 2020. With donations and pledges ranging from $10 to $1,000 (one of each), NMPW raised $2,000, twenty-five percent more than its stated goal of $1500. All funds will be added to the Doris […]
#GivingTuesday is a global movement to encourage people to contribute to their communities. Please consider making a donation today to the Doris Gregory Scholarship Fund, which supports students who are currently studying journalism in New Mexico universities. Since NMPW’s normal path to refurbish the Fund–the silent auction–was cancelled this year and will not take place […]
The Las Cruces Press Women will host the NMPW Communication Contest workshop on Tuesday, December 8, 6–7pm. Contest chair Carolyn Carlson will give us the lowdown on eligibility, rules, categories, and awards. Advanced registration is required to attend this Zoom meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. […]
This is a reminder for you to submit your entries now for the 2021 Communications Contest and the Zia Book Award Contest. Both are now open for submissions.
New Mexico Press Women invites university and college students to apply for a higher education scholarship offered for the 2021–2022 academic year. NMPW annually awards two Doris Gregory Memorial Journalism Scholarships. The first-place winner will receive $1,000, while the first-runner-up will receive $500. The 2021–2022 award will also honor the memory of press women friend […]
NMPW member Tom Johnson discusses “Death (or Life?) of American Journalism” on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 1-3 PM in a Zoom meeting in cooperation with the Santa Fe-based RENESAN Institute for Lifelong Learning. There were 71,000 journalists in America in 2008. By 2018 that number had dropped to 38,000. There were 50 major media corporations […]
Dear LCPW members and friends, please join us on Tuesday, November 10 at 6 p.m. for “An LCPW Conversation with J. C. ‘Jen’ Cervantes.” Jen is a New York Times best-selling children’s author of the Storm Runner series, a Mayan mythology trilogy for middle-grade readers. Cervantes’s career has exploded since publishing her first children’s book, […]
Join the Las Cruces Press Women for a conversation with author Paul Pedroza on “Give it a name: Mental health and the writing life” on Thursday, 15 Oct 2020 at 6 p.m. The writing life is one of solitude and struggle, and for some writers who deal with mental illness, it can seem insurmountable. Author […]
The Santa Fe Council on International Relations (CIR) will host its third Journalism under Fire conference this fall from November 10 – December 3. All digital for the first time, this year’s theme is Covering Crisis and will feature leading journalists, photojournalists, political cartoonists, and academics. Together, they’ll address, dissect, and illustrate how journalism is […]
