Albuquerque Journal

March 8, 2026: A family legacy 100 years and counting

The Albuquerque Journal kicks off its commemoration of a legacy created 100 years ago when Thomas M. Pepperday purchased the newspaper.

March 30, 2026: C.T. Lang, Publisher, Civic Leader, Philanthropist

C. Thompson Lang guides the Albuquerque Publishing Company through a period of rapid growth, during which the Journal becomes the largest and most widely read newspaper in the state.

April 5, 2026: Iconic structures rise, and violence erupts in the '60s and '70s

Seven years – from 1966 to 1972 – were marked by modern wonders and civil unrest

April 19, 2026: The Tom Lang Era

The innovative risk-taker who transformed publishing

May 3, 2026: From a reporter's notebook to the front page

Printing the Journal in the early ‘70s involved hot lead, dedicated workers and an eye for detail

May 16, 2026: Journal editor Jerry Crawford was dedicated to ‘getting it right’

Jerry Crawford served as editor of the Albuquerque Journal for nearly two decades, guiding the newspaper through major industry changes

May 17, 2026: Cigarette smoke and the clatter of typewriters

Tom Harmon reflects on his time in the Albuquerque Journal newsroom. 

May 17, 2026: Managing editor Frankie McCarty shattered barriers, had open-door policy

As the first woman hired to cover hard news at the Journal, in 1954, and one of the first women promoted to be a managing editor in the nation, McCarty had to open a lot of doors for herself.

June 21: Blending community and watchdog roles: Bill Lang steers Journal into second century of family ownership

Publisher reflects on paper's commitment to local journalism, and plans for a fourth generation to continue legacy

July 12: New Mexico makes history

From inspiring to terrifying to tragic, NM stories often made the national news.

July 19: Journal printed much more than just the facts

That was the headline on a March 5, 2000, Journal story about new comic strips the paper was trying out to replace old ones. The Journal invited comments — and it got plenty.

July 26: Wildfires are NM's natural disasters

While other states experience such natural catastrophes as earthquakes and hurricanes, New Mexico’s most destructive disasters have been massive forest fires.

August 2: Lowell Hare: 40 years of leadership

Hare helped Journal diversify into a multicompany enterprise.

August 2: Journal’s CFO breaks the mold

Racquel Barnes is not your stereotypical CPA. What she is, is the chief financial officer for the Lang family and all of the Journal’s many operations.