Entries Tagged as 'Lloyd Jojola'

Everyone Wants A Good Send-Off

May 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann I’ve written before about the many things there are to love about local newspapers – and about the functions I think readers want and need their daily newspaper to fulfill. Last Saturday I saw something that reminded me of a whole category that I’ve not written about before: Obituaries. Lots of people [...]

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Playing Fair With The Rail Runnner

January 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann Useful information…not rhetoric. That’s what the two stories about the New Mexico Rail Runner in the Jan. 24 edition of the Albuquerque Journal contained. The stories came in the wake of the Rio Metro Regional Transit District’s announcement that it will have to end weekend service if the state doesn’t come up [...]

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Wow. Just, Wow.

December 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann I would be negligent if I did not point out the excellent story “These Are Not Statistics,” a page one piece by Journal reporter Lloyd Jojola about the death of a 43-year-old homeless woman on an Albuquerque street in early October (subscription required). Iva Rae Coriz was murdered – shot three times [...]

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Why Read A Local Newspaper? Here's Why

December 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann Why would anyone want to pick up a local newspaper anymore? Thanks to the Internet, people no longer have to rely on their local paper for national news. Or to get the television and movie listings, or celebrity gossip, or the want ads, or the weather. So what can local newspapers still [...]

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