
April 17, 2020
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Algernon D’Ammassa is a reporter who has been covering the COVID-19 public health crisis in Las Cruces as well as some of Southern New Mexico’s smaller towns for Las Cruces Sun-News. This week, he talks with correspondent Laura Paskus as part of her series of interviews with journalists around New Mexico as they cover the coronavirus pandemic in their communities.
This story is part of a collaboration with New Mexico PBS, through FRONTLINE’s Local Journalism Initiative, which is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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