And now for some shameless self-promotion: Last week, at the annual Association of Alternative Newsmedia convention, SFR won two (big! important!) national awards.
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SFR won first place (among papers with circulation under 50,000) for freelancer Sharyn Jackson 's Oct. 5, 2011 feature story , "Undercover." The story follows a self-described "fly-in abortionista"—a doctor who flies to areas that lack or have a shortage of abortion providers to perform abortions—as she traverses the United States in a crusade to provide abortions to women who want them. Jackson interviewed women about their abortions; visited with Father Stephen Imbarrato, the head of New Mexico-based Project Defending Life; and talked extensively with the doctor herself, who also won Jezebel's Woman of the Year award.
SFR won second place for public service reporting , largely by Wren Abbott , on the Santa Fe Public Schools. To access a full chronicle of our SFPS coverage over the past two years, click here.
Details on the awards can be found via the AAN website.
Bonus fact: Newly minted SFR Arts & Culture Editor Enrique Limón was on hand at the AAN convention in Detroit to present the awards and dispense shots of bourbon to unsuspecting editors.
