A Conversation With KRQE’s Evening Anchor Team

New Mexico News Insiders

Get to know KRQE’s prime-time anchor team: Dean Staley & Jessica Garate. The duo joins Chris & Gabby to discuss how their roles have changed in newsrooms over the years, what brought them to New Mexico in the first place, and what they’re passionate about. How do they handle election coverage in a tense political climate? What keeps them going outside of work? And more importantly, what do they think New Mexico’s best ski resort is?

Stories mentioned in the episode:

• Jessica's coverage of 4-year-old James Dunklee
• Dean's series from Colorado on the legalization of recreational cannabis

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