Bridging the Gap in New Mexico: The Local News Fund’s Rashad Mahmood and Mark Glaser

Local News Matters

New Mexico is one of a number of state-level bright spots in local news, thanks in large part to the efforts of our guests. Rashad Mahmood and Mark Glaser shed light on the New Mexico Local News Fund's initiatives to bridge gaps in local journalism. From fostering young talent to securing state funding, they explore the Fund's impact on communities and the future of news in New Mexico.

Episode chapters:

(02:07) - How the New Mexico Local News Fund Started

(07:15) - The Local News Fund’s mission and programs

(14:43) - State funding of the Fund

(21:07) - Supporting young journalists, especially journalists of color and those in rural areas

(26:04) - Funding as a crucial component of diversifying newsrooms

(29:30) - Class diversity in newsrooms

(31:53) - Impacts on newsrooms and communities

(41:10) - Accelerators and building sustainability with programs

(46:45) - Collaborating with non-journalists

(50:22) - Rapid-fire questions

Links

• New Mexico Local News Fund: web, Twitter/X, Facebook

• Rashad Mahmood: LinkedIn, Twitter/X

• Mark Glaser: LinkedIn, Twitter/X

• Wind Power Media

• Mentioned:

  • Sarah Gustavus

  • Democracy Fund

  • Thornburg Foundation

  • KUNM

  • MediaShift

  • Report for America

  • Journalism department at the University of New Mexico

  • Knight Foundation

  • Center for Collaborative Journalism

  • Solutions Journalism Network

  • Reyes Mata III

  • Generation Justice

  • Searchlight New Mexico

  • Empowerment Congress

  • Colorado News Collaborative (COLab)

  • The Lenfest Institute

  • Downtown Albuquerque News

  • New Mexico In Depth

  • Source NM

  • NM Political Report

  • Santa Fe Reporter

  • American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest

  • Platonic

  • Inasmuch Foundation

  • McCune Charitable Foundation

  • Con Alma Health Foundation

• Local News Matters: web, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn

• Colorado Press Association: web, Twitter, Facebook

• Tim Regan-Porter: bio, Twitter

For show notes, transcripts, newsletter sign-up and past guests on the Local News Matters podcast, please visit localnewsmatterspodcast.com or lnmpod.com.

Past guests on the Local News Matters podcast include: Christian Vanek and Barbara Hardt, Dan Grech, Zack Richner, Tracie Powell, Dan Oshinsky, Linda Shapley, Yehong Zhu and Jake Seaton, Charity Huff, Joaquin Alvarado and Dave Perry, Steve Waldman, Maritza Félix, Michael Bolden, Jeff Roberts and Corey Hutchins, Eve Pearlman and Erica Anderson, Jennifer Brandel, Corey Hutchins with Bay Edwards, Todd Chamberlain and Raleigh Burleigh.