I'll make this short and sweet.
I worked with Felipa for a time at Channel 9 KTSM. I worked with David for a longer spell at the El Paso Times.
They have expertise, experience, and knowledge of El Paso.
Here is the news release on Crowder:
February 26, 2008 –Investigative reporter David Crowder will join forces with Editor Sito Negron and Editor in Chief Lisa Degliantoni at the helm of Newspaper Tree mid-March. Crowder will bring over 28 years of investigative reporting experience to El Paso Media Group and will write and report on El Paso issues for all the publications.
According to EPMG Publisher and President, Keith Mahar, Crowder will bring “the investigative reporting skills to break news and produce smart news and our readers are hungry for it. By attracting reporters like Crowder, we are in position to do great things in news.”
Here is the news release on Solis:
February 21, 2008 -- El Paso Media Group is thrilled to announce that Felipa Solis has been hired as a Consultant. Solis left KTSM Newschannel 9 in 2007 to form Solis Media Group, a media-consulting firm.
"Adding an icon like Felipa Solis to our team means so much to our young company. I am excited for Felipa's energy and drive and I think she will make a strong addition to our team," says publisher Keith Mahar.
According to Lisa Degliantoni, Editor in Chief for El Paso Media Group, Solis will serve as Culture Editor and spokesperson for the publication. "We need someone with institutional knowledge of Arts & Culture, and Felipa's connections and industry-savvy are unmatched in this market."
I am very excited about the possibilities. I know our readers are, as well.
As always, thanks for reading. And check back often.
Lencha
March 5, 2008
I have enjoyed reading what you have emailed before but now that David Crowder is joining Newspaper Tree of El Paso I will longer be reading any articles that you plan to email me in the future. David Crowder in my opinion has abused the titile of a journalist. My believe of a journalist is a professional who reports a store . To communiicate a store is to tell the whole store, both sides of the store. A journalist is one with discipline who has prinicples of trasmitting information and all the information of a store. David Crowder no longer writes like a ture journalist because he uses his profession to protect the ujust or corrupted people who hold a title to cover their indenty of that of a mofia. A politician is one elected to make decision on the management and expenditures of our tax dollars. The mofia on the other hand are those who protect themselfes and those that are close to them as well as their wealth. People need to use the correct word "mofia" not "political" It's sad how those whom God has given the power to write and communicate to others the good and the bad choose to look the other way and protect the bad and distroy those that are good. Remember you journalist God chose you to be journalist but God has given you the choice of choosing who to protect the Good guys or the Bad guys.
Carol Dean
March 16, 2008
The Times won't be the same without David; that's their loss . . . your gain. It will be fun to see David take advantage of this different medium. Best wishes!