What we do.
We provide a platform helping New Mexicans to understand their role in local democracy and inspire them to join in.
We support democracy by explaining the who and why behind decisions that impact our well-being.
And we elevate local stories, artists and experiences that define and celebrate what it means to be New Mexican.
Our newsrooms.
About us.
We are a 100% New Mexico-owned publishing company serving local news publishers and content creators who love New Mexico as much as we do.
We help legacy local newspapers transform from a single-owner print-forward model to a collaborative local news service to provide local coverage and community connections sourced and delivered by local reporters, ad advisors and production teams still located right here in New Mexico.
Today, Ctrl+P’s nm.news platform powers the largest digital news subscriber list in the state. Our newsrooms help to bring local and state news to more than 50,000 digital and print readers each week.
Our nm.news platform powers the Santa Fe Reporter, Sandoval Signpost, Corrales Comment and The Independent which are owned by Ctrl+P Inc. The Paper., ABQ’s weekly, is co-owned by Pat Davis, Ctrl+P’s publisher and owner, and Good Trouble LLLP.
We also publish nonprofit publications City Desk ABQ and NM Political Report for the nonprofit Citizen Media Group.
We are New Mexico’s largest subscribed news platform.
Our 7 newsrooms – and our nm.news network – make us the largest publisher by title in the state – covering four counties across the ABQ and Santa Fe media market.
We provide a platform to inspire New Mexicans through civic engagement.
We support democracy by inspiring readers to understand the who and why behind decisions that impact our well-being.
And we elevate local stories, artists and experiences that define what it means to be New Mexican.
Our mission.
Preserving journalism for local democracy
We focus on covering local government, arts and features from a civic journalism perspective (covering decisions and events before they happen so readers can engage, instead of writing up what was already done)
Since 2020, we have acquired 5 local publications and worked to transition them to a digital-first daily model while repurposing print as long-form and feature publications.
Our publications include The Paper.(ABQ), Santa Fe Reporter, Sandoval Signpost, Corrales Comment and The Independent News.
Innovating with new publications to fill news gaps
We also partner with the nonprofit Citizen Media Group to publish nonprofit digital outlets to provide in-depth coverage of government and politics. These sites act as the “city desk” and “state government desk” for other outlets around the state.
Our newsrooms also host student and early-career journalists in the nonprofit’s local reporting training program, helping to expand the skillset of government reporting statewide.
We help legacy local newspapers transform from a single-owner print-forward model to a collaborative local news service to provide local coverage and community connections sourced and delivered by local reporters, ad advisors and production teams still located right here in New Mexico.
Our nm.news platform powers the Santa Fe Reporter, Sandoval Signpost, Corrales Comment and The Independent which are owned by Ctrl+P Inc.
The Paper., ABQ’s weekly, is co-owned by Pat Davis, Ctrl+P’s publisher and owner, and Good Trouble LLLP.
We also publish nonprofit publications City Desk ABQ and NM Political Report for the nonprofit Citizen Media Group.
2025 LION Publishers Product of the Year
Our nm.news platform – networking local independent publishers to share content, subscribers and advertising revenue was selected as LION Publishers’ Product of the Year for medium revenue newsrooms.
“This product excels at combining editorial production into a package that both meets audience needs and promotes sustainability through revenue. While many smaller outlets previously avoided ad-focused models due to complexity, combining forces in this way serves both readers and the secondary audience of businesses.”
Top ABQ LGBTQ-owned Business
Top LGBTQ-owned Company ABQ Business First
2023, 2024
The loss of local journalism has been accompanied by the malignant spread of misinformation and disinformation, political polarization, eroding trust in media, and a yawning digital and economic divide among citizens.
In communities without a credible source of local news, voter participation declines, corruption in both government and business increases, and local residents end up paying more in taxes and at checkout.
The State of Local News The 2022 Report by Penelope Muse Abernathy. Northwestern Univ. 2022
Our model.
In 2024, we began a transition from being a publisher of newspapers into a platform for local content and content creators and civic engagement.
Each publication retains editorial independence. Readers can tell when content is made from AI or a reporter who has never lived there.
Small newsrooms can’t provide local coverage and everything else in the same day – but the network can. Local reporters cover local really well. The network “fills in” state, national, arts, and events coverage that has appeal across the network.
While content must be local, revenue does not. By selling digital and print advertising across the network – not individually – we can provide advertisers with a larger audience and just one sales relationship to manage.
Investors and grantors supporting our work.
Our story.
Preserving journalism for local democracy
When local TV and print newsrooms announced plans to shrink their coverage of the state legislature in 2015, Pat Davis repositioned a local nonprofit to launch the state’s first daily nonprofit news outlet, New Mexico Political Report, to cover the session and syndicate coverage statewide.
He stepped back from nonprofit service to serve two terms as an elected city councilor and council president in Albuquerque, but was lured back during the COVID pandemic when the city’s beloved alt-weekly, the Weekly Alibi, stopped publishing. Under leadership of Tierna Unruh-Enos, former Alibi staff and a group of local news fans turned investors, the team launched the city’s first new print newspaper in 20 years: The Paper, a new weekly digital and print paper for the community.
A year later, when the owner and publisher of the 40-year old Corrales Comment announced plans to retire post-pandemic, he asked Pat to step in. The Sandoval Signpost soon followed and the Ctrl+P Publishing Group was officially born. In late 2022, The Independent, a weekly covering 4,000 square miles, closed after 20 years. With help from supporters to the NM Local News Fund and Press Forward, Ctrl+P returned the Independent to publication and hired a new reporter.
In 2024, Davis and a group of local news fans from Santa Fe purchased the Santa Fe Reporter from its long-term owners, bringing it back to New Mexico ownership for the first time in almost 30-years.
Our partnerships.
NM Reports & Citizen Media Group
We partner with the nonprofit publisher Citizen Media Group in their mission to rebuild local news reporting for news deserts and underserved news communities.
Using their City Desk model, we train reporters in civic journalism: reporting to explain the reader’s role in civic democracy by reporting to inform and inspire participation in public decisions. Learn more.