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Las Cruces Press Women is sponsoring a continuing Zoom conversation on how did governmental communications professionals provide critical public health information during the COVID-19 crisis? The event, COVID-19 and the Media Response II, takes place Monday, Aug 31, from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. The discussion will be moderated by Damien Willis, lead reporter for the […]
Damien Willis, a journalist with the Las Cruces Sun-News, wrote an article called “A town named Corona: Rural New Mexico village shares name with a pandemic” that appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on 27 April 2020. Link: https://www.abqjournal.com/1447917/a-town-named-corona.html Willis drove to Corona, New Mexico to interview folks in a village of 163 residents in Lincoln County, […]
Brian Sanderoff, who is president of Research and Polling, Inc. in Albuquerque, the pollster for the Albuquerque Journal, and a political analyst for KOAT-TV discuss the potential effects of the pandemic in a wide-ranging interview with Kathleen McCleery, a broadcast journalist with more than two decades experience with the PBS NewsHour. The 36-minute program “The […]
The 2020 NMPW Communicator of Achievement is Damien Willis of Las Cruces. As a member of the NMPW Board since 2016, Damien has enthusiastically taken on—and volunteered for—duties as needed. He is a model of professional dedication and positive attitude. Read more about Damien and why he was chosen for New Mexico Press Women’s highest […]
Congratulations to Annalisa Miller and Luis Rios, the recipients of this year’s scholarship awards. Both are students at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. See more about them in the press release.
Winners and Honorable Mention recipients have been named in two subcategories: Children’s Books and Youth Books. See the results on our Zia Book Awards page. Congratulations to all!
After the Declaration of a Health Emergency related to the COVID-19 virus in New Mexico last week, the NMPW Board cancelled the 2020 Conference. The Annual Meeting scheduled for Saturday, March 21st, at 8:15 a.m., unfortunately, must be postponed because it cannot be held online. New Mexico Press Women Bylaws require that the Annual Meeting […]
Out of concern for the health of our members, conference participants, and the staff at the Canyon Club, the 2020 New Mexico Press Women Conference has been postponed until March of 2021. Conference panelists and registrants, along with winners of the Communications Contest, Zia Awards, Scholarships, and Communicator of Achievement, will receive additional notifications. On […]
The list of awards is now available. Award certificates will be mailed in the coming weeks. First Place winners are reminded that they must be members of NFPW by March 15 to move on to national competition. If you are not already a member, you may join through the NFPW website. Update: We can now […]
DEADLINE INFORMATION: The deadline for conference registration is 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 17. That is also the deadline for cancelling a registration and receiving a refund. We have to give final meal counts that day, so the deadline is firm. You can register for either the full conference (including all meals) or for just the […]
