news releases
Traffic Report for week of January 29 to February 5, 2023.
January 27, 2023
LISTEN: Inside NM Radio With Steve Pearce – Episode #170
January 26, 2023
I-10 roadway rehabilitation project
January 26, 2023
USAF Thunderbirds return to Spaceport America
January 26, 2023
State Job Training Funds Approved for 10 Companies in JanuaryÂ
January 26, 2023
2022 Census of Agriculture underway
January 25, 2023
Governor announces plan to deliver economic relief to New Mexicans
January 25, 2023
Commonsense renewable energy policy blocked in progressive committee
January 25, 2023
LISTEN: New Inside NM Radio With Steve Pearce
January 24, 2023
New Mexico fishing and stocking reports for Jan. 24
January 24, 2023
Chief Justice to deliver State of the Judiciary
January 23, 2023
NMDA asks pecan consumers, growers to be aware of pecan weevil
January 23, 2023
Game Commission to meet Jan. 27
January 20, 2023
Traffic Report for week of January 22 to 29, 2023.
January 20, 2023
Off-Highway Vehicle Grant Applications Now Available
January 20, 2023
US 70 roadway rehabilitation project
January 18, 2023
STATEMENT: House GOP response to State of the State
January 18, 2023
New Mexico fishing and stocking reports for Jan. 17
January 17, 2023
CORRECTION TO LOCATION In-Person Car Seat Inspection Las Cruces, NM
January 17, 2023
In-Person Car Seat Inspection in Deming
January 17, 2023
Senator Craig Brandt Introduces Education Freedom Act
January 16, 2023
REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., A CHAMPION OF FREEDOM
January 16, 2023
Traffic Report for week of January 15th to 23rd, 2023.
January 13, 2023
New Mexico Department of Agriculture announces new chef ambassadors
January 13, 2023
Media Advisory: NM Army Guard pilot to receive national award
January 13, 2023
Holiday Closure on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 12, 2023
Inside NM Radio With Steve Pearce
January 12, 2023
City of Santa Fe Awarded Gateways for Growth Grant
January 12, 2023
Newly appointed PRC commissioners conduct their first open meeting
January 11, 2023
NMDGF conservation officers transfer tiger cub to ABQ BioPark
January 11, 2023
January 12 Commission Meeting Postponed
January 11, 2023
New Mexico fishing and stocking reports for Jan. 10
January 11, 2023
Governor appoints James Ellison to PRC
January 10, 2023
Gov. Lujan Grisham releases FY24 executive budget recommendation
January 10, 2023
Mexican Wolf Located North of Interstate 40 in Northeast New Mexico
January 10, 2023
Game Commission to meet Jan. 12
January 9, 2023
Application opens for PRC Tribal Advisory Council
January 9, 2023
Overnight closures on I-10 in Anthony on January 11 & 12
January 9, 2023
Traffic Report for week of January 8th to 15th, 2023.
January 6, 2023
Governor’s Office announces new chief of staff
January 5, 2023
Business and Social Hour (BASH)
January 5, 2023
Inside NM Radio With Steve Pearce
January 5, 2023
Recycle Your Real Christmas Tree
January 4, 2023
Surveilling carbon sequestration: A smart collar to sense leaks
January 4, 2023
New Mexico fishing and stocking reports for Jan. 3
January 3, 2023
Governor appoints Second Judicial District Attorney
January 3, 2023
Governor to travel to Washington, D.C. for knee surgery
January 3, 2023
Make healthy living your 2023 resolution
December 29, 2022
50th anniversary of Hunter Training Act
December 29, 2022
Monastery Lake closed to fishing due to unsafe ice conditions
December 29, 2022
Inside NM Radio With Steve Pearce
December 29, 2022
EDD Initiatives Support 13,000 Jobs in 4 Years
December 28, 2022

- Think about what you want to write.
- While writing early drafts, do not stop to correct spelling errors or to reorganize ideas. Get a feel for the creative flow of the release.
- Be completely brutal with your first draft. Nothing should satisfy you. Delete, substitute, rearrange, insert.
- Be especially critical of the first few paragraphs. They are the most important to the story.
The Venerable Press Release Is Here to Stay
- by Tracy Wemett , MediaPost
Companies have often scorned press releases. In recent years, as social media has taken center stage, the decibel for their abolition has definitely grown louder. Popular grumbles we’ve heard include:
- Why do we need a press release when we have a blog?
- We can socialize announcements, so what’s the point of an official press release?
- Who reads them?
Let’s start with the last question first: readership.
The purpose of most press releases is to condense the facts and give critical takeaways for the media to digest. The trick is making it attractive enough for journalists to report on or to include in an article.
- Put yourself in the target audience’s place and reread the story to be sure nothing can be misinterpreted.
- Have others on your staff read the drafts.
- Do suggest a headline for the story, but don’t try to write the story itself for the media.
- Check the story a final time for accuracy. Verify all numbers, names, titles and policy issues. Remember, “good news releases are not written, they are rewritten.”