Frontier Journalism: Oldest Paper in the Newsiest Place Brainpower & Brownbags lecture series

Rob Dean, managing editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican, speaks on "Frontier Journalism: Oldest Paper in the Newsiest Place," on Wednesday, May 18, in the John Gaw Meem Room, 105 Washington Ave. (Enter via the museum's Washington entrance.) This Brainpower & Brownbags lecture is free and open to the public. 

The oldest newspaper in the West, the New Mexican began as a weekly publication and became a daily paper in 1867. In 1880, it was owned by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Originally published half in English and half in Spanish, in that same year the newspaper began to publish an all-English version, and a Spanish-language version called El Nuevo Mejicano. Currently owned by Robin Martin, The Santa Fe New Mexican has been in the same family since 1948.

A high-resolution photo of the New Mexican newsroom, ca. 1911, is available for downloading by clicking on "Go to related images" at the bottom of this page.