Story by Sarah Lewis An up-and-coming local video production company has begun to provide creative services to  Las Cruces and surrounding areas, catering to people looking to promote their business, special event or movie production. The Camera Hogs LLC Production Company, is a group of individuals providing photography, film, scriptwriting, movie and commercial making, post production [...]

Story and video by Eduardo Romero. Bringing a unique perspective to the world through music, Radio La Chusma (riff-raff radio) breaks down the barriers of age, race, language and religion. The band features four-part harmonies, electrifying violin and guitar solos, and a high-energy live show. Their new “Pachuco” sound takes the reggae vibrations to a [...]

Story by Eduardo Romero. EL PASO, TEXAS – Occupy Wall Street started as a movement in New York, where people protested the high unemployment rates and the unfair distribution of wealth, among other issues. This has gained popularity throughout the country and it definitely grabbed the attention of some El Pasoans. Some of the issues [...]

Story and video By Gabriella Ferrari; photos by Merge staff More than 18,000 students stroll the campus of New Mexico State University.  On a given day, the students can see unique academic buildings, landscapes and creatures.  They eat at a variety of locations. They watch sporting events or partake in sports themselves at one of [...]

Photos/interview by Gina Martinez While taking photographs outside of Milton Hall with New Mexico State University photojournalism professor Bruce Berman, student photographer Gina Marinez and Berman watched as a former Marine and current NMSU student glided by on his skateboard. After they stopped him to get his name, they listened intently to the story he [...]

Photos by Brock Haroldson   On Saturday, April 30, the NM State Aggies held their annual spring football game, an annual practice scrimmage. The game pitted the Crimson (defense) against the White. (offense) Even though it was just a practice game, the two sides played for bragging rights, and White came away with a 47-23 win. [...]

Story by Nathan Zarate Photojournalism professsor Bruce Berman of New Mexico State University offered a lighting workshop to his Documentary 412 class on Thursday to demonstrate how to use multiple lighting sources and blend them to arrive at a “commercial look,” or, as Berman said, “…a ‘look’ that makes you look like you’re worth being paid.” Working with [...]

New Mexico Presswomen converged on the Mesilla Plaza Saturday morning and were blessed with beautiful light. They returned to Milton Hall at New Mexico State University to tweak images in Photoshop, with the help of professors Pam Porter and Bruce Berman. Journalism student Amanda Orozco helped participants during the workshop and put together this slideshow. [...]

Slideshow by Merge staff Merge photographers stalked their surroundings to produce this slideshow, a compilation of pictures from  the spring semester of 2011 at New Mexico State University, a land-grant university founded in 1888 that has more than 23,000 students from all 50 states and 71 foreign countries. The cow portrait is from the agricultural [...]

Story/video by Paul Ratje Many Ranchers in Dona Ana County are opposed to the impending S. 1689 Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness act because they believe it will make it more difficult to ranch on areas deemed wilderness and it will create corridors for illegal alien and drug smuggling. One of the areas in the Potrillo [...]