Empowering the Public
Searchlight New Mexico is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigative reporting. In a landscape of shrinking media resources, our mission is to focus high-impact journalism on topics of local, regional and national interest in order to allow the public to see into the remote recesses of government and to expose abuses of power. We believe great reporting empowers people to demand honest, effective public policy and to seek appropriate remedies.
Changing the Landscape
New Mexico has a long history of corruption and poor governance, problems that have dampened economic investment and stunted socioeconomic progress. Poverty rates and childhood hunger are among the highest in the nation, while economic growth and educational achievement are among the lowest. A vigorous press helps expose how political contributions, lobbying and the exercise of raw power overcome good public policy at the expense of the health, education and economic prosperity of individuals, families and businesses.
Our publishing partners
Searchlight New Mexico has content-sharing partnerships with media organizations across the state and region. Those media include:
The Albuquerque Journal
The Santa Fe New Mexican
The Taos News
The Gallup Independent
The Rio Rancho Observer
The News-Bulletin (Valencia County)
The Hobbs News-Sun
The Roswell Daily Record
The Rio Grande Sun
The De Baca County News
The Las Vegas Optic
The Eastern New Mexico News
The Las Cruces Sun-News
The Farmington Daily Times
The Carlsbad Current-Argus
The Alamogordo Daily News
The Silver City Sun-News
The Deming Headlight
The Ruidoso News
El Defensor Chieftain (Socorro County)
The Los Alamos Daily Post
New Mexico News Port
New Mexico Politics
New Mexico Political Report
New Mexico In Depth
High Country News
KOB-TV
Radio Café
KRWG-TV/FM
KSFR — Santa Fe Public Radio
The Weekly Issue / El Semanario
The Sierra County Sun
Supporters
The Santa Fe New Mexican​
Learn More
For more information about Searchlight New Mexico, please contact:
Executive Director and Editor Sara Solovitch, sara@searchlightnm.org.