Santa Fe Reporter is an alternative weekly

Alternative weekly

An alternative newspaper is a type of newspaper, that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of stylized reporting, opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local people and culture. Their news coverage is more...

 newspaper published in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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, United States

United States

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. It features reports on local news

News

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, politics

Politics

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, art

Art

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 and culture

Culture

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The Reporter's 2008 election blog, Swing State of Mind http://www.swingstateofmind.com, won a first place award from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

Both the politics and art sections of The Santa Fe Reporter are renowned and popular in Santa Fe, their listings being a complete guide to the town.

Features

The Santa Fe Reporter frequently publishes special issues that range in topic from Love and Sex, Food, Fitness as well as several seasonal guides and two magazine style supplements, the Annual Manual and Restaurant Guide.

Notable Stories

In 2007 Dan Frosch, now with the New York Times, won the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies first place prize (for under 60,000 circulation) for Investigative Reporting for his 15 part series "The Wexford Files." http://sfreporter.com/articles/publish/wexford-links.php The story, which investigated health care in New Mexico

New Mexico

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 prisons was instrumental in governor Bill Richardson's decision to end New Mexico's contract with Wexford.

Events

The Santa Fe Reporter hosts numerous events in Santa Fe year round. The Best of Santa Fe party, in conjunction with an issue dedicated to the winners of an online, reader driven poll, is an always popular event. The Santa Fe Summer Block Party, which began as a celebration of the Reporter's first 30 years before becoming an annual event, features live local music, fire dancers and an array of community business and organizations. The Reporter also hosts popular Valentine's Day and Halloween parties with local DJs and bands. The Reporter celebrated its 35th anniversary in June of 2009.

Awards

In 2008 at the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awards ceremony the Santa Fe Reporter received seven awards for editorial layout, illustration, arts criticism, columns and blogs.http://www.aan.org/news/aan_and_medill_announce_altweekly_awards_winners/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=319314. In 2009 the Santa Fe Reporter repeated the effort, winning an equal number of awards.