New Mexico Local News Fund 2026 Summit: Call for Presenters
The New Mexico Local News Fund invites you to help shape the 2026 Summit
As our information landscape continues to shift—technologically, politically, and economically—local news is facing unprecedented challenges and bold new opportunities. This summit will bring together journalists, media makers, technologists, organizers, students, and funders to explore what it means to build a vibrant, equitable information ecosystem in New Mexico and beyond.
The New Mexico Local News Fund is now accepting proposals for sessions that reflect this year’s theme and address the urgent questions facing our field. Topics of interest include:
- AI and cybersecurity in journalism and nonprofit communications
- Funding models and sustainability for local and rural news
- Civic engagement through community-led storytelling
- Bilingual/multilingual media and expanding access to information
- Student media and emerging voices
- Philanthropy’s role in building equitable information systems
- Tech + storytelling tools that are practical and people-centered
- Creative or nontraditional formats welcome—performance art, zines, pop-ups, etc.
Workshops, panels, lightning talks, case studies, creative formats, and other innovative formats are welcome. Sessions that prioritize rural, Indigenous, bilingual, and underrepresented voices are especially encouraged.
Learn more about the 2026 Summit
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New Mexico Local News Fund is a component fund of the Santa Fe Community Foundation
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