Daily Lobo Wins Four New Mexico Press Association Awards
November 5, 2024 - Courtesy Daily Lobo
On Saturday, Oct. 26, the Daily Lobo won four awards for investigative, news and opinion writing at the New Mexico Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.
All awards were a part of the Weekly Class II category, which encapsulates weekly newspapers throughout New Mexico that have a circulation of less than 6,000.
The Daily Lobo won first and second place for investigative reporting. The awards were for coverage on the University of New Mexico Police Department’s lack of body cameras, as well as coverage on UNM's noncompliance with a federal crime transparency law. Both stories were written by now-editors Lily Alexander and Lauren Lifke.
Two-article series “No body-cam footage from UNMPD” and “NMSUPD uses body-cameras; UNMPD doesn't” won first place for investigative journalism. The articles uncovered, through public records requests, that UNMPD did not mandate officers to wear body cameras, despite a state statute that requires them for law enforcement agencies.
Members of the Nevada Press Association judged the NMPA awards.
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