History of Student Publications
Started in 1895, the New Mexico Daily Lobo is the University of New Mexico’s only recognized student newspaper. The Daily Lobo employs 60-75 students each year to produce the newspaper and support its operations. Students are involved in all aspects of producing a newspaper and its operations—delivery, acccounting, advertising sales, design, layout, reporting, photography, videography and editing.Conceptions Southwest is a student-produced annual art and literary magazine for the University of New Mexico. Conceptions Southwest has been publishing since 1978. A student editor recruits a staff of 10-15 students who seek submissions, select pieces for publication, and design the magazine for print.
In 1989, Student Publications introduced a non-fiction magazine for the university community—Best Student Essays. Best Student Essays, now named Limina, UNM Nonfiction Review is a student-produced annual non-fiction magazine of essays written by students and nominated by professors. A student editor recruits a staff of 10-12 students who seek submissions, select pieces for publication, and design the magazines for print.
Impact on students and the community
Student Publications provides an experiential learning environment for students—students learn by doing, and in the process gain real world experience in all aspects of producing a newspaper or magazine, giving graduates skill sets and experience that translate directly into the job market in a way that academic learning alone cannot provide.
The New Mexico Daily Lobo, Conceptions Southwest and Limina, UNM Nonfiction Review are the only publications of their kind on campus. Each publication is created entirely by students with the target audience of the University of New Mexico students, faculty, staff and community. Each publication provides a unique opportunity to work and/or be published.
Publication frequency
The New Mexico Daily Lobo publishes daily online; five email newsltters and five campus calendar email blasts weekly; 36 print issues weekly during the academic year, and one advertising and information magazine yearly. Conceptions Southwest and Limina, UNM Nonfiction Review each publish an annual magazine in the spring.
New Mexico Daily Lobo
As the independent voice of UNM, the New Mexico Daily Lobo strives to cover news and events taking place on campus and of interest to students. The Daily Lobo provides opportunities for student groups, campus departments, and local businesses to purchase advertising to market their programs and events. Student groups and campus departments are included in the calendar of events curated and published by the Daily Lobo in print, online and on our mobile app. Individual students are given free ads in several categories in the classified section of the Daily Lobo in print and online. Further, the Daily Lobo accepts and publishes letters from individuals within the university community, giving the community even more access to the student newspaper.
The function of the Daily Lobo is (1) to provide a learning environment where students can develop skills in all aspects of newspaper operations including journalism and advertising; (2) to provide news, information, entertainment and forums for the dissemination of ideas to the university community. All editorial policy is determined by the editor-in-chief, who is a student. Content is published at the discretion of Daily Lobo editors, without prior review or consideration by staff or administration.
Conceptions Southwest
Conceptions Southwest provides a platform for students and alumni to publish art, including photography, poetry, short fiction, composition, creative nonfiction, and visual art. The staff of CSW solicits submissions, selects which works to publish, and designs and annual magazine.
Limina: UNM Nonfiction Review
Limina gives students an opportunity to be published, most often for the first time. Limina seeks nonfiction student work which has been nominated by a professor. Nonfiction work can include essays, technical papers, and memoirs. The staff of Limina select the works to be published and produces an annual magazine.
