Can traditional media compete with new media? With the quickening pace of news outlets closing down or reducing staff members, what’s the future of journalism in the United States? On this week’s “New Mexico in Focus” co-host David Alire Garcia sits down with broadcast journalist and author Amy Goodman to discuss the future of the media. “New Mexico in Focus,” KNME-TV’s weekly one-hour news show, will air on Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m. on channel 5/5.1 and repeat on Sunday, April 26 at 6:30 a.m.
Alire Garcia will also talk about the changing New Mexico media landscape with Gwyneth Doland, a reporter for the New Mexico Independent and Benito Aragon, a reporter with LocalDialogue.net.
Then co-host Gene Grant and regular panelist Whitney Cheshire will be joined by guest panelists Teresa Cordova, with the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning, Rebecca Jo Dakota, executive director for the Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance, and Jim Williams, news director for KUNM to talk about the media and sound off on the possibility that some non-profits are becoming too political, and the recent move to remove Manny Aragon’s name from the National Hispanic Cultural Center tower.
Producers of ‘New Mexico In Focus’ are Kevin McDonald and Kathy Wimmer. Closed captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.