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Sara MacNeil

(She/Her)
Albuquerque
Covers:  Government, politics, social and criminal justice issues
Writer. dancer. insomniac

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Sara MacNeil’s Biography

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Sara MacNeil worked at the Las Vegas Sun during the pandemic covering Black Lives Matter protests and public education during the coronavirus pandemic. She also worked as a local government reporter at the Montgomery Advertiser/USA Today in Alabama's capital. At the Montgomery Advertiser, she covered the first Black mayor being elected in a city known as being the heart of the civil rights movement. She reported on a local sagging pants ordinance being repealed in Shreveport, Louisiana, as well…

What was your first job as a journalist?

Freelancing for an alternative Albuquerque newspaper and reporter at the University of New Mexico student newspaper.

How is social media changing news?

It's making more necessary fact checking for accuracy, reliability and meaningful context.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Fair and accurate storytelling with a purpose and objective process. Giving people information they need to make better decisions.

Awards

Nevada Press Association

2021 - Urban Explanatory Journalism and Feature Writing

Third place