Listen "Black Journalists in New Mexico & News Consumers Assess Local News Media"
Episode Synopsis
NMiF Senior Producer Lou DiVizio opens the show with some headlines from around the state including the deadly shooting of an Alamagordo Police Officer.
Gene Grant catches up with two prominent Black journalists in New Mexico to learn more about their contributions to the state’s news environment. Adolphe Pierre-Louis explains his role as a photojournalist and talks about the responsibilities news organizations have to cover stories in New Mexico’s Black communities. Ron Wallace gives some background on Perspective Magazine, a publication covering Black issues since 1984, and lays out why he thinks it’s been vital in telling positive stories impacting Black people in Albuquerque and the entire state.
Then, Gene sits down with three non-journalists to get their perspective on the news media in our state. Gene asks the group about what the industry is doing right and where it’s falling short, plus all three panelists share insight on the changing ways people consume news in 2023.
Host: Lou DiVizio
Panel Host: Gene Grant
Guests:
Ron Wallace, publisher, Perspective Magazine
Adolphe Pierre-Louis, photojournalist
Catherine McGill, founder & director, New Mexico Black Leadership Council
Almarina Sosa, UNM student
Maureen Sanders, attorney
Gene Grant catches up with two prominent Black journalists in New Mexico to learn more about their contributions to the state’s news environment. Adolphe Pierre-Louis explains his role as a photojournalist and talks about the responsibilities news organizations have to cover stories in New Mexico’s Black communities. Ron Wallace gives some background on Perspective Magazine, a publication covering Black issues since 1984, and lays out why he thinks it’s been vital in telling positive stories impacting Black people in Albuquerque and the entire state.
Then, Gene sits down with three non-journalists to get their perspective on the news media in our state. Gene asks the group about what the industry is doing right and where it’s falling short, plus all three panelists share insight on the changing ways people consume news in 2023.
Host: Lou DiVizio
Panel Host: Gene Grant
Guests:
Ron Wallace, publisher, Perspective Magazine
Adolphe Pierre-Louis, photojournalist
Catherine McGill, founder & director, New Mexico Black Leadership Council
Almarina Sosa, UNM student
Maureen Sanders, attorney
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