Stateline New Mexico; 207; Reporting the News

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GET ON THE AIR? >> WELCOME TO STATE LINE NEW LEADERS. OFTEN ARE AS IMPORTANT AS ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. THE NEWS MEDIA INFLUENCED PUBLIC AND AND HELP SET AGENDA. HOW DO THEY DECIDE WHAT'S NEWS PHONE IN YOUR QUESTIONS TO TWO OF NEW MEXICO'S LEADING HERRERA, ASSISTANT MANAGING

NEWSPAPER. AND VETERAN ANCHOR, DICK THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 866-337517 TWOCHLT WE'RE ALSO GIVING YOU THE QUESTION IS DO THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA ACCURATELY REFLECT WWW.KNMETV.ORG AND FOLLOW THE TABLE HERE. IN BUSINESS IN NEW MEXICO >> 40 YEARS THIS SUMMER >> 40 BUSINESS YEARS AND 40 SOMEONE IS GOING TO ASK BUT I'LL THAT TVNEWS IS GENERALLY >> I WOULD SAY THERE'S SOMETHING

OUR MAJOR AT TRIBTSS IS OUR ABILITY TO BE IMMEDIATE AND IMPLIES CRIME AND VIOLENCE, AND THE ROLES THAT TELEVISION AND >> WE'LL VISIT -- WELL, I THOUGHT WE HAD OUR FIRST CALLER, BUT DAN HERRERA, I DESCRIBED THE STATE'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER. >> I WOULD. >> AND WHAT IS THE DAILY AND >> OUR DAILY CIRCULATION IS GENERALLY AT ABOUT 113,000 THESE DAYS, COPIES DAILY, AND ON SUNDAYS ABOUT 158,000. >> NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE CHARGE THAT THE NEWS MEDIA >> WELL, THERE IS SOME TRUTH TO THAT.

AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN INDEED BAD.

>> I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR BOTH CBSAND THE JOURNAL. BIASED, ANTIWAR DURING THIS LAST CAMPAIGN? >> DICK NIFG, WAS KRQEBIASED I RACK CAN I WAR? >> NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. THEY THOUGHT WE WERE TOO MUCH WE WERE ANTIWAR AND IN FACT I HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT THINGS. STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE TO >> DAN, TAKE THAT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF BEING IN A JOURNAL NEWS MEETING, COVERING THE WAR CLAIM THAT YOU ARE BIASED >> WELL, I THINK IF YOU GO RACK, IN WASHING TON AND IN ALBUQUERQUE.

ALTHOUGH CALLS LIKE THAT, PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT MILITARY SIDE THINK THAT WE'RE >> RUDY, FROM ALBUQUERQUE, YOUR >> HELLO, ARE YOU ARE YOU DOING. >> HELLO. >> YES, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR DAN, ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL. >> YES. >> AND I WAS WONDERING, WHEN YOU PRINT THE NEWSPAPER AND YOU ONLY HAVE JUST THE WEST, FOR RIO RANCHO AND EVERYTHING BUT QUESTION WAS HOW COME YOU DON'T HAVING DIFFERENT LITTLE >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION >> OF WE HAVE ONE CALLED THE JOURNAL NORTH WHICH APPEARS IN CHAMA.

WE HAVE THE WEST {SIDE EDITION AND WE USED TO UNTIL RECENTLY BETTER SERVE THE OUTLYING AREAS MIGHT BE NOT BE IN THE PAPER AT ALL IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT EXTRA ROOM FR IT. AND I THINK WE DO GET DOWN INTO CENTRAL AREA ADEQUATELY DOWN EVERYTHING ELSE DOWN IN THAT >> NOW, DICK, THE STATIONS, INCLUDING YOUR OWN HAVE SORT OF >> RIGHT >> DESCRIBE HOW IT WORKS AT KRQE. >> WE HAVE SATELLITE STATIONS IN COVERING THE FOUR CORNERS AND THEY HAVE TO SEARCH FOR THEIR OWN NEWS IN THEIR AREA. HAVE ANY INPUT, THAT'S TOTALLY

US, BUT AT 5:30 UNTIL 10:00 THEY HAVE INSERTS AND I THINK 4 AND 7 >> DO YOU GET ANY BEATS THAT IS >> WELL I THINK THAT'S A VALID CRITICISM, BUT ALBUQUERQUE IS THE CENTER OF THE STATE, AND IT WE'RE ALSO A DEMING STATION AND BUT THE TENDENCY IS YES THAT >> WORRIED ABOUT FUTURE

>> I THOUGHT MAYBE CORRALES CLOVIS, STAN, YOU ARE ON >> WE ARE IN DO NOT. CRUCES IS THAT ON AS TR PLUGGED ALL PARTS OF THE STATE, POPS UP ON THE SCREEN OWE THAT >> Vukelich: YOU COMPETE THERE? >> DAN: I AM NOT SURE WHAT OUR CIRCULATION FIGURES ARE DOWN REPORTER STATIONED FULL-TIME AFFAIRSES REPORTER IS DOWN THERE TODAY. FIGHTERS. >> Vukelich: HE WAS IN KAWAIT IN THE GULF WITH THE WAR. >> DAN: PART OF IT WAS ALLERGY TO THE CHEMICAL SUITS AND PART OF IT WAS JUST THEIR TIME WAS

WAS COMING TO AN END SO THEY >> Vukelich: NEXT CALL FROM ALBUQUERQUE. >> GOOD EVENING. THEY ARE BOTH FOR PROFITS PROFIT, UNLIKE KNME. IS IT MORE IMPORTANT TO GET >> Vukelich: BRULT AL >> WHEN YOU ANALYZE YOUR OWN GOOD JOB, IS IT BECAUSE YOUR A REPORTER, BECAUSE YOU ARE >> Vukelich: TAKE TAKE THE >> DICK: I AM NEVER ADVOCATE. IT IS NEVER TO BE ADVOCATE. TO GET IT RIGHT IS WHAT IS COMPETITION WE ARE IN, YOU GET BUT IT DOESN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD

DO GET IT FIRST AND WRONG. >> Vukelich: WHAT DO YOU THINK >> DAN: WE TRY VERY HARD TO STORIES SOMETIMES IF WE CAN'T GET AHOLD OF -- WE HAVE THAT BENEFIT BEING ABLE TO HOLD GETTING IT RIGHT IS MOST >> Vukelich: DO YOU HAVE BACK FROM A STORY RATHER THAN >> DAN: BOY, I JUST CAME BACK FROM VACATION. >> Vukelich: I'LL COME BACK TO >> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH LISTEN MOSTLY TO THE TALK RADIO DURING THE DAY AND THE ON THE EVENTS AND HOW DO YOU

TALK RADIO, BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE, THEY CAN'T REALLY HIDE STORYIES OR COVER STORIES. >> Vukelich: ARE YOU TALKING >> BOTH. >> Vukelich: IT IS TOUGH TO >> DICK: I DON'T SEE US AS COMPETITORS WITH TALK RADIO. GOING BACK AND FORTH BUT IT IS DIFFERENT FROM A NEWSCAST. A NEWSCAST -- UNDERSTAND WHAT MY MEANING IS -- VERY CORE OWE GRAPHED PROGRAM, TIGHTLY SCRIPTED AND EDITED, BOTH >> Vukelich: WHAT IS THE DEAL FIRST THIS AND THAT. >> DICK: THAT IS A FUNCTION OF

COMPETITIVENESS. ON THE OTHER GUYS AND IF WE MOST OF THE TIME, IT IS >> Vukelich: GO INTO THE ROOM TO RENT, SO TO SPEAK ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE JOURNAL? >> DAN: AS LATE AS PROBABLY 1:00 IN THE MORNING AND STILL NEWSPAPERS. PROBABLY A GOOD 30 TO 50,000 PAPERS AT THAT TIME OF DAY. >> Vukelich: NEXT FROM SANTA >> GOOD EVENING. MR. KNIPFING. COVERAGE AND YOU BROUGHT TO

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW STATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR NEWS COVERAGE, I WONDER IF THAT AND THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE BEEN -- IF IT HAPPENS WE MATTER HOW SIGNIFICANT. >> Vukelich: HUGE SHOT ACROSS THE BOW THERE. >> DICK: I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE CJR REPORT AND THEY DO A VERY GOOD JOB. DON'T GET IT ABOUT LOCAL HAD MORE THAN 13 MINUTES. MORE DEPTH, MORE TIME TO DO COMING BACK TO THE COMPETITION. NEWSPAPERS AND YOU LOOK AT THE

NEWSPAPERS IN NEW YORK WHEN DAILY NEWS PAPERS AND THERE THINK, ACTUALLY, I GOT TO TELL GOING TO BE FOUR STATIONS IN SO. >> Vukelich: IT COST TOO MUCH >> DICK: NEWS AUDIENCES ARE SHRINK. THEM AWAY WITH SOME OF THE PRONE TO COVER ACTION. >> Vukelich: DAN, THE NO. 1 POSITION AT 10:00 USED TO BE 120,000 AND THEN 97,000, NOW IT IS LIKE 67,000. NEW MEXICO? >> DAN: WELL, THEY ARE ALL

GROWING A LITTLE BIT LATELY. ALL NEWSPAPERS IN THE COUNTRY AND, IT HAS BEEN PICKING UP A LOT OF LAYOFFS ALL OVER THE BUT, I READ SOMEWHERE, THERE ARE ABOUT 2,400 FEWER REPORTERS IN THE U.S. THAN >> Vukelich: WE HAVE TWO OF >> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB GOING TOWARD UNDER COVER LAW OFFICERS LIKE THAT, IF THERE MAYBE TAKE A MORE INTEREST IN PROTECTING OFFICERS IDENTITIES AND NAMES.

>> Vukelich: DO WE SEE AN EXAMPLE WHERE THEY ENDANGERED SOMEBODY RECENTLY. >> EVEN RELEASING A NAME WHERE >> DICK: IT IS OUR POLICY NOT TO DO THAT. INADVERTENTLY SOMEBODY, BUT WE NEVER REVEAL NAMES. >> DAN: WE DON'T LIKE UNNAMED SOURCES IN THE NEWSPAPER IF A REPORTER WANTS TO USE AN >> Vukelich: ONE EDITOR OR THE >> DAN: DEPENDS ON THE STORY. IF IT IS SOMETHING VERY RISKY, LIKE IT COULD LEAD TO A LIABLE SUIT OR SOMETHING IT COULD BE >> Vukelich: IF I TOOK A SCAN AN UNNAMED SOURCE? >> DAN: OUR STORIES, LOCAL WOULDN'T.

>> Vukelich: ON THE LINE, FROM >> GOOD EVENING. COVERAGE OF MINORITIES IN THE NOW, I WAS NOTICING LAST WEEK THAT THERE WERE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF NINE SERVICE PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED IN THE THEY WERE FEATURED THERE AND WHITE AND THE REST WERE NOT. ALL FROM THE SOUTHWEST, AND THROUGH AND HAPPENED TO GO TO SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT COMIC SECTION WERE WHITE AND I AM WONDERING WHY IS IT THAT >> Vukelich: IS THE CALLER'S >> DAN, SAYING THAT THE NEWS

ETHNICALLY >> DAN: COMIC PAGES, THERE ARE VERY FEW COMICS AIMED AT YOU COULD PROBABLY MAKE A LOT KNOW OF AND ONE WE GOT RID OF RECENTLY BECAUSE THE READERS >> DICK:. >> Vukelich: WHAT DO YOU SEE >> I THINK WE ARE PRETTY MUCH >> Vukelich: WE'LL MAKE IT >> BOB: I GOT A QUICK DOUBLE QUESTION FOR DICK. LEAVE SINCE YOU ONLY HAVE 13 PERCENTAGE OF YOUR NEWS IS

VIDEO NEWS RELEASES PRODUCED >> Vukelich: 30 SECONDS. DICK: CAN YOU GET VNR, BUT NONE OF IT IS, RARELY DO WE LEAD WITH NATIONAL NEWS. WE RV WITH THE WAR. >> Vukelich: WHEN HAVE BEEN AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE POLL, I AM GETTING IT IN MY EAR. 40, YES. NOT REPRESENTEDDIVE OF THE KNIPFING. PORTALES, AND KRWG IN LAS CRUCES FOR YOUR HELP IN

GOOD NIGHT, BE SAFE.