Meet the Fellows and Interns

2026-2027 Fellows and Interns

2025-2026 Fellows and Interns

  • Lily Alexander

    UNM

    Fellow: Santa Fe New Mexican

    Now: Searchlight New Mexico

  • Regina Jarsak (Barnett)

    WNMU

    Fellow: El Defensor Chieftain

    Now: El Defensor Chieftain

  • Mia Casas

    UNM

    Fellow: KUNM

    Now: KUNM

  • Micaela DePauli

    UNM

    Fellow: KRQE-TV

    Now: KRQE-TV

  • Marcela Johnson

    UNM

    Fellow: Silver City Daily Press and Independent

    Now: UNM Law School

  • Lauren Lifke

    UNM

    Fellow: nm.news

    Now: Freelance

  • Abigail Salas

    NMSU

    Fellow: KRWG Public Media

    Now: KRWG Public Media

  • Elizabeth Secor

    UNM

    Fellow: Albuquerque Journal

    Now: Albuquerque Journal

  • Andrea Vasquez

    NMSU

    Fellow: The Independent

  • Adelina Blea

    UNM

    Intern: Journalism & Women Symposium

    Now: Deb Haaland for New Mexico field organizer

  • Allison Brady

    NMSU

    Intern: The Las Cruces Bulletin

    Now: NMSU communications

  • Samantha Daitz Labarrere

    NMSU

    Intern: KSFR-FM

    Now: Albuquerque the Magazine

  • Diego Gallegos

    NMSU

    Intern 2025-2026 : New Mexico Foundation for Open Government

    Now: Student

  • Paola Garcia

    NMSU

    Intern: New Mexico Local News Map

    Now: Student

  • Florian Knowles

    UNM

    Summer 2025 intern: Chalkbeat

    Fall 2025 through Fall 2026 intern: KUNM

    Now: KUNM fellow

  • Abigail McDonald

    UNM

    Intern: The Paper

    Now: Student

  • Marshall Mecham

    NMSU

    Intern: Artesia Daily Press

    Now: Artesia Daily Press fellow

  • Azure Mitchell

    NMSU

    Summer 2025 intern: Hobbs News-Sun

    Spring 2026 intern: New Mexico In Depth

    Now: NMSU communications

  • Nicole Osborne

    UNM

    Intern: New Mexico Jewish Journal

    Now: Student

  • Ben Schlittler

    NMSU

    Intern: KOB 4

    Now: KRQE fellow

2024-2025 Fellows and Interns

2023-2024 Fellows and Interns

2022-2023 Fellows and Interns

2021-2022 Fellows

2020-2021 Fellows

2019-2020 Pilot Project Fellows