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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: Newsroom Leaders Explain Staffing & Coverage Decisions in 2023
Description: Gene Grant hosts two panel discussions featuring newsroom leaders in New Mexico. Â
First, a group of local journalists chats with Gene about the successes, shortcomings and challenges facing small-town news publications. One of the biggest factors in that equation is ownership, something this panel is uniquely qualified to discuss. Each of our three panelists represents a distinct business model prevalent today: locally-owned papers, corporate-ownership and nonprofit news.  Â
Then, Gene chats with three other newsroom leaders who have a hand in shaping coverage around the state. The group also discusses ownership’s influence on sta...