Sherri Burr
Sherri Burr is the recipient of New Mexico Press Women’s 2021 Communicator of Achievement Award. The award recognizes members who have distinguished themselves within and beyond their profession. Recipients are living members in good standing for at least two years in New Mexico Press Women and the National Federation of Press Women. Burr was elected president of NMPW in 2018. She has been a law professor for more than 30 years, worked as a columnist for The Albuquerque Tribune and is the author of multiple books.
“Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest’s Deadliest Day,” by New Mexico author Jennifer Hull.
LAS CRUCES – Walking With Herb is now on the big screen.
The Las Cruces movie, years in the making, was shown for a large audience for the first time Thursday with a red carpet premiere at Amador Live.
“Walking with Herb filmed in Las Cruces in 2018 is based off the 2015 novel of the same name by Joe Bullock, of First American Bank in Las Cruces. The book was adapted into a screenplay by the late Tony Award winner Mark Medoff, also a longtime New Mexico State University professor, and was directed by Medoff s son-in-law Ross Marks, the executive director of the Las Cruces International Film Festival and NMSU professor.
Stephanie grew up with the diversity of New Mexico dancing Ballet Folklórico and playing Mariachi music.
Stephanie is a proud Aggie graduate from New Mexico State University. After graduating she worked as a Production Assistant.
In March 2019 she moved to Yakima, WA for her first reporting job at KNDO/KNDU-TV.
While in Washington she reported on gang violence, Missing Murdered Indigenous Women Epidemic on the Yakama Nation, as well as farmworker strikes and wildfires.
Her passion for storytelling began when she was a teen at Albuquerque High School. During her time there, she was featured in âMother Tongue: A Bilingual Documentaryâ highlighting a 2014 New Mexico law designating a state-wide bilingual seal for high school graduates.
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The pandemic has changed everything. The world as we knew it will never be the same. In my opinion the future will bring great opportunity to thrive in the “next normal.” The time to act is now. If we don’t, the all-too-familiar story will prevail and we will again ask, “Why is New Mexico last on good lists and first on bad lists?”
I’ve often referred to New Mexico as the “hole-in-the-donut” state compared to neighboring states Texas, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. These four all have prospered and grown with higher per capita incomes and lower unemployment rates and poverty rates, while New Mexico has struggled and literally been the hole in the donut.