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Journal: Please (Keep) Bring(ing) the Heat on Police Shootings

June 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
When I saw the compelling video of the relatives of APD shooting victim Chris Hinz asking the city council to look into police actions surrounding his death all over the television news Monday night, I expected to read about it in the next morning’s Journal. (See KOB’s coverage here, and KOAT’s coverage here.)
I [...]

Hazy Headlines

June 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert
Headlines only seem simple.
In fact, they do a lot – identifying stories and, often, getting to their essence, sometimes persuading us to read, alerting us to the story’s relative importance, conveying excitement and entertaining, too.
Headline writers accomplish all of that with three basic tools words, fonts and letter size – within space restrictions. [...]

Op-Ed Page a Haphazard “He Said-She Said” Smorgasbord

February 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier
I had been wondering when the Albuquerque Journal would offer up the story that appeared on the front page Monday, Feb. 22 about the mayor and the firefighters’ union.
What initially piqued my interest wasn’t the issue itself, but rather a column the Journal ran on its Op-Ed (opposite editorial) page on Feb. 15, [...]

The Mayor’s Ball, Again

January 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
Mayor Martin Chavez is long gone, but the bills from his Mayor’s Charity Ball remain, according to a story today on KOB.com.
From the story:
An Albuquerque caterer says she got stiffed on a $15,000 bill at the annual Mayor’s Ball, which was held at the Albuquerque Rio Grande Zoo last July. And since Martin [...]

The Journal: Hooker and John Pictures Next?

December 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
My colleague Denise and I have written before about some of the more questionable tactics the Journal has taken in their (certainly understandable) quest to stay in business.
Let me say that today’s appearance of the new “advertising” supplement “Most Wanted Property Crime Offenders” falls into that questionable category. In an interview today on [...]

White Takes Over; Journal Takes a Pass

December 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann
On Monday Dec. 7, by a vote of 8 to 1, the Albuquerque City Council confirmed Darren White as the city’s new Director of Public Safety.
White, who resigned his post as Bernalillo County Sheriff to accept Mayor Richard Berry’s appointment, will report directly to the new mayor and control both his own department [...]