![]() "I couldn't imagine my hometown without its hometown newspaper," Seibel said. Seibel, a former MainStreet manager for Silver City, was baking and selling pies at farmers' markets when he heard that the paper was going under. Although Seibel never studied journalism, in high school Seibel was a stringer for the paper - he got his first byline in the Daily Press at age 15. Seibel bought the Daily Press in 2014 from the Ely family, which had owned the paper since the 1930s. Ely later went on to own the Deming Headlight for two years after leaving their competition, the Deming Graphic. The three publications have a long history. And so there will be other voices and other outlets, even though the Sun-News won't be among them." Even though we'll be the last remaining journalistic voice in print, there are a number of people that are doing news and opinion in the community. "It's really hard as a newspaper guy to be someone who closes the newspaper, that's the last thing that I want to do," Seibel said. Seibel said that although the Daily Press will be the last remaining print publication in Silver City, there's still a "robust media environment" in the city that includes a community radio station and an online newspaper. Seibel didn't disclose the purchase price for either paper. The Silver City Sun-News, which was connected to the Las Cruces Sun-News, hasn't had any employees for several years. "You really saw a community preparing to be left in the dark without budgeted, funded, full-time journalists providing these services," D'Ammassa said. Some Columbus residents even started reporting local news on a volunteer basis. He said that many Luna Country residents, especially in the village of Columbus, don't have internet access and rely on print media. "Luna County is a community that still wants and needs their newspaper," D'Ammassa said. He later became an investigative reporter for the paper.ĭ'Ammassa said even in 2017, the Deming Headlight was shrinking, with the print publication cut from five days a week to two, and a dwindling number of employees. He worked as a reporter for the Deming Headlight in 2017, before moving to the Las Cruces Sun-News a year later to work as a business and education reporter. The paper will also gain longtime New Mexico journalist Algernon D'Ammassa as editor-in-chief.ĭ'Ammassa is coming from the Las Cruces Sun-News. The last employee of the Deming Headlight, who was laid off recently, will be rejoining the paper to cover sports. I think the last print newspaper in the United States is going to be in a place that looks very much like these places." "But in small communities like Silver City and Deming, print is still a powerful, powerful medium. "Certainly, we have digital products and we believe, of course, that eventually the future is digital," Seibel said. Seibel said the goal is to beef up the Headlight's print presence. in Deming, and continue its Wednesday/Friday print schedule. The Deming Headlight will start publishing next week at a new office at 208 S. The Sun-News, which published its last edition on Friday will be incorporated into the Daily Press. ![]()
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