Media
Santa Fe might be small in population, but it’s huge in diversity. One need only spend a few hours nursing a latte at Downtown Subscription, 376 Garcia St., (505) 983-3085 (see our Restaurants chapter) to witness firsthand the fascinating mix of residents—and visitors, too—that makes Santa Fe “The City Different.”
It’s not just what the habitués are drinking or wearing that gives them away; it’s also whatever magazine or newspaper they happen to be thumbing through—and there are plenty to choose from at Downtown Subscription. The newsstand/cafe offers up to 1,000 periodical titles from around the world and around the corner.
It’s what comes from around the corner that interests us here. For such a small metropolis—remember, only 72,000 people call this city home—Santa Fe offers a surprisingly wide variety of homegrown publications to suit almost any taste, lifestyle, or political persuasion. Many of them, of course, continue to be hard hit by plummeting circulation as readers increasingly get up-to-date news from electronic media and advertisers follow them. After nine decades, the Albuquerque Tribune ceased publication in 2008, and both the Santa Fe New Mexican and Albuquerque Journal have gone through layoffs and reduced special sections of their newspapers. Also included in this chapter are several Albuquerque publications that have enough of a following in Santa Fe to merit mention.
1. The Magazine
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Telephone: (505) 424-7641
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Address: 328 Galisteo St.
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Address: 202 East Marcy St.
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Address: 132 East Marcy St.
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
6. Localflavor
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Telephone: (505) 988-7560
Address: 535 Cerrillos Rd.
Description: In a town as obsessed with food as Santa Fe, it’s appropriate that there be intelligent, well-written newspapers here devoted to New Mexican fare and other types of cuisine. localflavor fills that niche, “explor(ing) the world of food and wine from farm to plate.” The oversized color newspaper publishes 10 times a year and is filled with articles and photos profiling chefs throughout New Mexico, though it tends to focus on Santa Fe and Albuquerque. localflavor also features first-person prose on food and cooking, recipes, cooking techniques, a wine section, and dispatches from around the state. localflavor distributes 30,000 copies free at newsstands and street boxes.
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Address: 11 Bonito Ct.
8. Round The Roundhouse
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Telephone: (505) 988-1135
Address: 1339 Cerrillos Rd., Suite 3
Description: Round the Roundhouse, not to be confused with the Roundhouse Roundup political blog by New Mexican columnist Steve Terrell, calls itself a “New Mexico state employees’ newspaper,” even though it is privately owned and mainly circulates among state workers based in Santa Fe. Here you will find lots of insider news about politics, state worker benefits, noteworthy employees, and changes in bureaucracy. It’s chock-full of ads for Santa Fe businesses, including many that extend special discounts to the paper’s readers. Distribution is 14,000 copies monthly. Copies are distributed free in various locations throughout Santa Fe, but the easiest place to find it is in the lobby of various state government office buildings.
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
10. Tumbleweeds
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Telephone: (505) 984-3171
Address: 369 Montezuma Ave. #191
Description: Tumbleweeds started out in 1991 as a four-page photocopied newsletter called Tot’s Hot News. In the intervening years, it has matured to a full-grown tabloid of 30 or more pages offering support, information, and resources for parents with kids in their low teens or younger and professionals who work with children. Its advisory board includes an impressive assemblage of child welfare specialists from health, education, legal, and other relevant arenas. Tumbleweeds includes news and feature articles written for children and includes a comprehensive calendar of child- and parent-oriented events. You can pick up Tumbleweeds free throughout Santa Fe and nearby Española and Los Alamos.
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Address: 2405 Maclovia Lane
12. Edible Santa Fe
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Telephone: (505) 212-0791
Address: 551 West Cordova Rd. #511
Description: This lovely quarterly magazine, edited by Kate Manchester, promotes and celebrates seasonal, local, and sustainably grown foods in northern New Mexico. Articles highlight fresh seasonal ingredients at the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market, chefs and growers at the farmers’ market, recipes and profiles of locals by famed local chef/writer and Slow Food Santa Fe organizer Deborah Madison, and elegant photography and design. It’s available free at Santa Fe Farmers’ Market booths.
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Address: 113 Lincoln Ave.
14. Mothering
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Telephone: (505) 984-8116, (800) 984-8116
Description: Read in more than 65 countries, this 30-year-old bimonthly, founded by Peggy O’Mara, is a progressive parenting magazine that addresses contemporary health, personal, environmental, medical, and lifestyle issues affecting today’s families. Articles range in tone from practical to philosophical on such topics as circumcision, midwifery, home birth, home schooling, organic food, alternative and traditional health care, and home businesses, to name just a few. It also features reviews of books, music, films, and videos.
City: Santa Fe, NM
Category: Media
Address: 495 Old Santa Fe Trail