Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative
We are a partnership of local news organizations covering — with a solutions-based lens— topics of importance to southern New Mexicans.
The Rebuild: How Southern NM Recovers from the Pandemic
In 2022, the Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative launched a project to cover stories related to the pandemic and recovery — everything from health and mental health impacts to high-speed internet access.
We’re looking at these issues from a solutions-based reporting model, in which responses to social challenges, like the pandemic, are critically examined. We seek to better connect and engage with communities, especially those under-served in local news, across the southern half of the state. Here are the latest stories.
![Some providers will offer low-cost internet, even as federal program ends, White House says](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/1717555936652-6SJASSFF65RKAKTDT7J6/image-asset.jpeg)
Some providers will offer low-cost internet, even as federal program ends, White House says
![Las Cruces ‘grief party’ lightens the load of heavy emotions](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/1717206772701-9DRGOQ7XWGFXC0DPX7I4/Photo_by_Liz_Liano_Grief_Party_Cake.jpg)
Las Cruces ‘grief party’ lightens the load of heavy emotions
![NM lawmakers bypass full funding for rural libraries](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/1713476680441-T77DFJP4XQW8CNFJ280I/2_Childrens_section_Hatch_Library_2.jpg)
NM lawmakers bypass full funding for rural libraries
![How Southern New Mexico lawmakers voted in 2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/448073be-7c82-4fd6-af81-9d2583fe4834/2024+Southern+NM+State+House+Members+%26+Photos_1833+px+by+2750+px+%281%29.png)
How Southern New Mexico lawmakers voted in 2024
![Internet subsidy helping 68K homes across Southern NM winds down](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/1709237839552-5KLQLPTAORVC36OHMUDQ/image-asset.jpeg)
Internet subsidy helping 68K homes across Southern NM winds down
![KRWG: Doña Ana County officials respond to Crisis Triage Center closure](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/1708968382434-BE69PG922PPPZ7LX9GO0/image-asset.jpeg)
KRWG: Doña Ana County officials respond to Crisis Triage Center closure
![Deming Public Schools hires outside counselors to shrink mental health care gap](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/e36f2aa5-9c6b-4935-9691-10806e9514ad/DemingPublic+Schools.JPG+%281%29.png)
Deming Public Schools hires outside counselors to shrink mental health care gap
Sunland Park seeks $4M from lawmakers for food pantry
![Hatch, N.M. library among 55 to benefit from state endowment](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/64bff193-a210-4a58-ab3d-824248614239/422495705_1543237739763213_3166396677659271793_n.jpg)
Hatch, N.M. library among 55 to benefit from state endowment
![NM endowment offers perpetual funding source for rural libraries](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/1706319533670-MCSOPY0LYDWOFTN864QK/1_Lisa_Neal_books.jpg)
NM endowment offers perpetual funding source for rural libraries
![The Las Cruces Bulletin: Mobile crisis unit looks to the future after debut year](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/1706493730952-A4F1VAPIID8IYJ7MBGW5/Project+LIGHT+cars.jpg)
The Las Cruces Bulletin: Mobile crisis unit looks to the future after debut year
![KRWG: What is guaranteed basic income?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/1706671555505-IL7ZFP6RLKDC17ZFY6I3/image-asset.jpeg)
KRWG: What is guaranteed basic income?
Sunland Park bridging digital divide with new hire
![KRWG: Fentanyl epidemic a growing challenge in Las Cruces](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/1706758989622-18YTFRR4765LQY3HA9KX/image-asset.jpeg)
KRWG: Fentanyl epidemic a growing challenge in Las Cruces
![KRWG’s ‘Newsmakers’ spotlights hunger in Southern NM — and what’s being done about it](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/1706757522405-FQ8SO9EL8C7V32S474UB/2024_12-16_Newsmakers.png)
KRWG’s ‘Newsmakers’ spotlights hunger in Southern NM — and what’s being done about it
Las Cruces Sun-News: City commits $6M to complete affordable rental complex
![Las Cruces Sun-News: Mental health, affordable housing top Las Cruces’ list of 2024 capital outlay asks](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63916da175fd3400ca83f566/1706674923056-469UIBKY9L3QIJMB3M4V/image-asset.jpeg)
Las Cruces Sun-News: Mental health, affordable housing top Las Cruces’ list of 2024 capital outlay asks
The Deming Headlight: Luna County OKs affordable housing ordinance
Factors combine to boost hunger across Southern NM
Food insecurity soars in Sunland Park
What is Solutions-Based Journalism?
The concept of solutions-based journalism starts with an understanding that, historically, journalists have devoted too much attention to social problems — but without comparable attention to the possible solutions to those problems. This can lead to a false sense of hopelessness — a belief that progress in addressing society’s most pressing challenges just isn’t possible. In an attempt to counter that long-practiced (and misguided) trend, journalists across the world are embracing a refreshed approach — solutions-based journalism — to critically examine solutions that are being applied, whether in their own communities or elsewhere.
Not every news story produced by the Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative is a solutions story, but many of them are! And we believe this dynamic approach will help to change the conversation around local news; improve equity, diversity and sustainability in the practice of journalism; and strengthen ties with audiences across southern New Mexico — for the betterment of our region.
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