New Mexico News Port is a student journalism lab based at the University of New Mexico. We are a public service for the people of New Mexico, a resource for collaboration and experimentation within the local news ecosystem, and a learning vehicle for students at the University of New Mexico. While some of our news is provided by our partners, most of our news is the original work of students who explore issue-oriented beats as an extension of their multimedia journalism degree preparation.

News Port began in August 2014 with a grant from the Online News Association as part of the Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education.

News Port is free to read. You’ll never hit a paywall or an article limit on this site. You won’t find any ads here either. If you would like to help our student reporters grow and continue to produce quality, ethical journalism for New Mexico, you can make a tax-deductible gift to the the New Mexico News Port Fund!

News Port is here to provide news to the community and to help develop journalists by sending students into the community to cover stories that matter to all those who call the Land of Enchantment home. We also will aggregate news from our partners, providing you with a hub for news about New Mexico.

New Mexico News Port Editor

New Mexico News Port is edited each semester by a contracted editor. The current editor is Ryan Lowery, an award-winning independent journalist based in Albuquerque. He covers politics and criminal justice and has reported on New Mexico for more than a decade for Source New Mexico, the Las Vegas Optic, Santa Fe Reporter, Los Angeles Times and others. Lowery was awarded the 2020 William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Award from the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, and the 2021 Sunshine Award from the New Mexico Press Association for his reporting that highlighted lack of transparency from multiple government agencies.