Santa Fe-based Molly Montgomery comes aboard as a full-time reporter covering topics that include land use, the environment and immigration
Alex Heard
Executive editor Alex Heard is the former editor in chief of Outside magazine, where he specialized in investigative reporting, ambitious longform narratives, and essays. He has also worked as an editor at Wired and The New York Times Magazine. He’s the author of two books: “The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in the Jim Crow South,” and “Apocalypse Pretty Soon: Travels in End-Time America.”
Posted inSidebars
New Mexico’s open records law survives an unusual day in court
Mostly. A judge’s ruling on a request by the estates of Gene and Betsy Hackman slightly limited which information about their deaths can be released, and won’t serve as a strong precedent.
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The Gene Hackman estate is right to worry about public release of images from the scene of his death
Judging by what happened with crime scene photos from the murders made famous by Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood,” public interest in seeing post-mortem images of the Hackmans will be extremely high
Posted inFeatured
We choose to remember
During an era when history is being suppressed for political purposes, archives that document the truth are more important than ever.
Posted inNew Mexico's Children
Darkness visible: the University of New Mexico’s archive on the sexual abuse of children by priests
A collection of documents about clergy abuse in this state — housed at UNM’s special collections library — is a major step forward for victims, but there’s more to be done.
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Faculty revolt at Western New Mexico University
Outrage over the terms of Joseph Shepard’s lucrative separation package prompts a drive for a vote of no confidence in WNMU’s Board of Regents
Posted inCriminal Justice
The historical tensions that motivated Ryan Martinez have not gone away
In a Searchlight essay from 2023, centuries-old conflicts at the heart of this crime were deeply explored