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.

We are also a part of the State Reporting Project, which links student-based, professor-led statehouse reporting bureaus across the country. The network serves as a model demonstrating the power of organized collaboration in better informing the citizenry on state policy and political issues. The goal: Improve the public’s knowledge and understanding of policy decisions by their own lawmakers by putting those decisions in context, examining the forces that drive those decisions and providing the bigger picture.

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.