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{{Short description|Alternative weekly newspaper in New Mexico}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Santa Fe Reporter
| logo = Santa_Fe_Reporter_Logo.svg
| image = Santa Fe Reporter cover about gentrification from Jan 31 2018.jpg
| caption = AAN award-winning cover of the Jan. 31 - Feb. 6, 2018 ''Santa Fe Reporter'', by Anson Stevens-Bollen
| type = Weekly [[newspaper]]
| format = [[Alternative weekly]]
| foundation = 1974<ref name=AANoverview/>
| ceased publication = 
| price = free
| owners = Pat Davis
| publisher = Julie Ann Grimm
| editor = Julie Ann Grimm
| language = English
| circulation = 17,500
| circulation_date = 2016
| circulation_ref = <ref name=AANoverview/>
| headquarters = 1512 Pacheco St. D105.<br>[[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]], [[New Mexico|NM]] 87505<br>United States
| ISSN = 
| website = {{URL|http://sfreporter.com/}}
}}

The '''''Santa Fe Reporter''''' ('''''SFR''''') is an [[alternative weekly]] newspaper published in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], United States. First published in 1974, it features reports on local [[news]], [[politics]], [[art]] and [[culture]], and is published once a week on Wednesdays.<ref name=AANoverview>{{cite web| title=Newsweekly Directory: ''Santa Fe Reporter''| publisher=[[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]]| url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/santa-fe-reporter/Company?oid=84| accessdate=November 18, 2012}}</ref>

==Features==
The ''Santa Fe Reporter'' publishes three glossy seasonal guides, including its magazine-style supplement, the ''Restaurant Guide''. The paper also hosts several events in Santa Fe each year, such as expos and parties.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://issuu.com/santafereporter7/docs/restaurant_guide_2017_optimized|title=October 25, 2017 Santa Fe Reporter's Restaurant Guide|work=Issuu|access-date=2018-04-02|language=en}}</ref>

== Ownership ==
The newspaper was first owned by Richard McCord and Laurel Knowles. The two sold it in 1988 to  [[Hope Aldrich Rockefeller]].<ref>{{cite web |date=24 June 2014 |title=Mr. Reporter |url=https://www.sfreporter.com/2014/06/24/mr-reporter/}}</ref> It was sold again in 1997<ref name="pbj-apr99">{{cite news |last=Bellotti |first=Mary |date=April 25, 1999 |title=Alternative success story |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/04/26/story7.html |accessdate=November 18, 2012 |newspaper=[[Portland Business Journal]]}}</ref> to Richard Meeker and Mark Zusman, owners of the [[Portland, Oregon]]-based City of Roses Newspaper Company which also publishes ''[[Willamette Week]]'' and ''[[Indy Week]]''.<ref name="boise 2005">{{cite web |last=Souza |first=Amy |date=May 23, 2005 |title=Alt-Weekly Thr!ves Despite Competition from Gannett |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/alt-weekly-thrves-despite-competition-from-gannett/Article?oid=146870 |accessdate=May 20, 2012 |publisher=Association of Alternative Newsweeklies}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Steve Schewel Announces Sale of Independent Weekly {{!}} Press Releases {{!}} AltWeeklies.com |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/steve-schewel-announces-sale-of-independent-weekly/Article?oid=6570327 |access-date=2016-03-25 |website=www.altweeklies.com}}</ref>  In 2024, the newspaper was sold to Pat Davis.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Narvaiz |first=Matthew |date=2024-08-14 |title=Santa Fe Reporter sells to former Albuquerque City Councilor Pat Davis |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/business/santa-fe-reporter-sells-to-former-albuquerque-city-councilor-pat-davis/article_29014c5e-5a53-11ef-867d-eb96fadb032b.html |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Albuquerque Journal |language=en}}</ref>

== Staff ==
Since September 2016, the paper's publisher & editor has been Julie Ann Grimm, with Anna Maggiore serving as associate publisher and advertising director. Grimm had previously been editor of the paper since August 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zaragoza |first=Jason |date=August 13, 2013 |title='Santa Fe Reporter Names New Editor' |url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/santa-fe-reporter-names-new-editor/Article?oid=7220806 |access-date=March 22, 2016 |website= |publisher=AAN}}</ref> Alex De Vore has been covering music, arts and culture for the ''Reporter'' since 2008, and became culture editor in 2016.

==Notable stories==
In 2007, Dan Frosch, now with ''[[The New York Times]]'', won the [[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]]' first-place prize (for under 60,000 circulation) for Investigative Reporting for his 15-part series, "The Wexford Files".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-1141-the-wexford-files.html|title = The Wexford Files| date=16 January 2008 }}</ref> The story, which investigated health care in [[New Mexico]] prisons, was instrumental in governor [[Bill Richardson]]'s decision to end New Mexico's contract with Wexford.

In 2010, Corey Pein wrote the story "Khalsa vs Khalsa", the first article to examine the disputes within the [[3HO]] community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pein |first=Corey |date=2010-07-07 |title=Khalsa vs. Khalsa |url=https://www.sfreporter.com/news/coverstories/2010/07/07/khalsa-vs-khalsa/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Santa Fe Reporter |language=en}}</ref>{{clarification needed|date=September 2023}}

In 2013, the ''Santa Fe Reporter'' filed a lawsuit against New Mexico Governor [[Susana Martinez]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/santa-fe-reporter-files-lawsuit-against-new-mexico-gov-susana-martinez/Article?oid=7265120|title=Santa Fe Reporter Files Lawsuit Against New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez {{!}} Press Releases {{!}} AltWeeklies.com|website=www.altweeklies.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjr.org/cloud_control/new_mexico_public_records_thin.php|title=Use of private emails for public work sparks FOIA battle|website=Columbia Journalism Review|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> alleging violations of the state's Inspection of Public Records Act<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.governor.state.nm.us/New_Mexico_Inspection_of_Public_Records.aspx|title=New Mexico Inspection of Public Records|website=www.governor.state.nm.us|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> as well as a violation of the Free Press clause of the New Mexico Constitution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Article_II,_New_Mexico_Constitution|title=Article II, New Mexico Constitution - Ballotpedia|website=ballotpedia.org|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://civicpolicy.com/journalwatch/?p=6239|title=Governor Has Upper Hand in Media Coverage of HSD Controversy|website=civicpolicy.com|access-date=2016-03-25}}</ref> Attorneys for the newspaper and the government argued in court in March 2017,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/new-mexico-governor-lawsuit.php|title=Free press lawsuit against New Mexico governor nears its end|work=Columbia Journalism Review|access-date=2018-04-02|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nmpoliticalreport.com/240874/govs-office-cites-complex-questions-from-reporters-busy-schedule-as-defense-in-lawsuit/|title=Gov's office cites complex questions from reporters, busy schedule as defense in lawsuit {{!}} The NM Political Report|website=nmpoliticalreport.com|date=April 2017|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref> and Judge Sara Singleton ruled in the case from her retirement in December of that year that the governor had broken the records law, but her actions did not violate the Constitution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/1107715/mixed-ruling-on-sf-paper-vs-governor.html|title=Mixed ruling on SF paper vs. governor|last=Writer|first=Edmundo Carrillo {{!}} Journal Staff|website=www.abqjournal.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://kunm.org/post/judge-governor-did-not-violate-newspapers-constitutional-rights|title=Judge: Governor Did Not Violate Newspaper's Constitutional Rights|last=Demarco|first=Marisa|access-date=2018-04-02|language=en}}</ref>

The ''Reporter'' works with a sister nonprofit, the New Mexico Fund for Public Interest Journalism, to provide journalism training for students. Its 2019 cohort was honored in 2020 by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for the collaboration that covered sustainability programs at the Santa Fe Community College: “Roadmap to Resilience”<ref>{{Cite web|first3=t|last4=learning|last5=Agriculture|date=June 18, 2019|title=Roadmap for Resilience|url=http://www.sfreporter.com/news/coverstories/2019/06/19/roadmap-for-resilience/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-29|website=Santa Fe Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref> by Olivia Abeyta, Max Looft, Anna Girdner, and James Taylor under the direction of mentor and educator Julia Goldberg.

==Awards==
The [[Society of Professional Journalists]] Colorado chapter's "Top of the Rocky's" contest listed nine ''Santa Fe Reporter'' stories among its best in the region in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://coloradospj.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/top-of-the-rockies-2017-results/|title=Full Results 2017|date=2017-04-15|work=SPJ COLORADO PRO|access-date=2018-04-02|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2008, at the [[Association of Alternative Newsweeklies]] (AAN) awards ceremony the ''Santa Fe Reporter'' received seven awards for editorial layout, illustration, arts criticism, columns and blogs.<ref name="2008 aan awards">{{cite web| author=AAN Staff| title= AAN and Medill Announce AltWeekly Awards Winners | date=June 7, 2008| publisher=Association of Alternative Newsmedia| url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/aan-and-medill-announce-altweekly-awards-winners/Article?oid=319314 | accessdate=May 20, 2012}}</ref> In 2009, the ''Reporter'' won five AAN awards, for its politics blog, for illustrations, for food writing, for "Innovation" and for the 2008 election blog, "Swing State of Mind".<ref name="2009 aan awards">{{cite web| last=Zaragoza|first=Jason| title=Full List of 2009 AltWeekly Awards Winners Released | date=July 1, 2009| publisher=Association of Alternative Newsmedia| url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/full-list-of-2009-altweekly-awards-winners-released/Article?oid=1236419 | accessdate=May 20, 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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{{City of Roses Newspaper Company}}
{{Santa Fe, New Mexico}}

[[Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States]]
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[[Category:Newspapers established in 1974]]
[[Category:1974 establishments in New Mexico]]