Record-setting New Mexico Local News Fellows, Interns set out for newsrooms
June 30, 2023
The New Mexico Local News Fellowship and Internship Program has just launched its fifth cycle with a record seven fellows and eight interns who will work in newsrooms around the state. That is double the normal number of young journalists.
The growth comes after the state Legislature and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham approved a $125,000 appropriation to the Department of Workforce Solutions to expand the job-training program, a project of the New Mexico Local News Fund and the University of New Mexico Department of Communication & Journalism (C&J.)
"This investment from the state is a bold statement of support for local news — and for our program, which has become a model for others in the country," Rashad Mahmood, executive director of the New Mexico Local News Fund said.
As part of a continuing effort to serve communities outside of the state's major metropolitan areas, fellows and interns will be working with newsrooms in Clovis, Deming, Belen and Roswell.
Read more at the UNM Newsroom
