Damien Willis
As seen in:
Organ Mountain News,
USA Today,
Yahoo News,
U.S. News and World Report,
SFGate,
The Toronto Star,
The Star (Malaysia),
Washington Times,
Austin American-Statesman,
Houston Chronicle,
KHOU-TV (Houston, TX)
and
Covers:
Business, education, entertainment, digital trends, charity, philanthropy in pop culture, counterculture, culture, pop culture, social networking, music, general assignment
Doesn't Cover:
penicillin, cat videos, kale & quinoa
Founder/Editor of @OrganMtnNews. Celebrated Introvert. Award-winning Journalist / Gov't PR Guy / Podcaster. Formerly @CrucesSunNews & @Hot103Radio. DM's open.
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Damien Willis’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Damien Willis is Lead Reporter & Content Coach for the Las Cruces Sun-News. From 2014 to 2017 he served as the newspaper's education reporter. After a brief stint in government communications, he is returning to his passion — sharing the stories of his community and helping to develop newsroom talent.
Damien Willis’s Journalist Portfolio
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Interview
See all 5 answers →How is social media changing news?
In every way imaginable. It is revealing all of the cracks in a broken business model. ALL reporting is now immediate and instantaneous.
Who do you wish followed you?
Malcolm Gladwell, Willie Nelson, Jon Stewart
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
We didn't have a newspaper at my high school. So I put together a staff of about 10 students and we created one my junior year—El Zorro Loco.
Awards
See all 4 awards →Reader's Choice Award: Local Newspaper Columnist
2015 - Columnist
Chosen by the readers of the Las Cruces Sun-News as their favorite local newspaper columnist.
Southern New Mexico PRIDE
2014 - LGBTQA Media Advocate of the Year
Reader's Choice Award: Local Newspaper Columnist
2013 - Columnist
Chosen by the readers of the Las Cruces Sun-News as their favorite local newspaper columnist.