For New Mexicans living in metropolitan areas like Albuquerque and Santa Fe, local news is easy to find. But news deserts are numerous around the state and trustworthy local news can be hard to come by.
A new report by media professionals, educators, and students creates a map of local news outlets and highlights news gaps. KUNM spoke with project directors Gwyneth Doland, a University of New Mexico Communications and Journalism professor, and former journalism professor Michael Marcotte.
GWYNETH DOLAND: The local news map is an interactive website where anyone can go and see a picture of all of the local news organizations in New Mexico, click on them, find out more about them, click through to their websites and see their social channels. The project had several elements. One of them was a survey of news consumers. The other was a survey of local news organizations…