Alyssa Bitsie

Alyssa is a writer, copyeditor, and digital marketing specialist. 

She has experience managing internal and external communications, creating strategic social media campaigns, and creating multimedia content. She is proven capable of leading complex communication projects, enhancing community engagement, and ensuring consistent brand messaging. 

Alyssa is committed to delivering impactful storytelling and wants to share her talents while continuing to grow. To view my work, please click the link below. 

New Mexico News Port •

Local artist shares under-appreciated craft

Albuquerque master glass artist, Lewis Wilson, has traveled the world educating people about the world of glass-blowing. His claim to fame includes presenting pieces to the former King of Spain and several U.S. presidents.

Born in Roswell, New Mexico, Wilson is self-taught, with about 100,000 pieces of glass made at his home studio in Albuquerque.

“I’ve always enjoyed working with my hands— and glass you can make it one day and sell it the next day,” Wi...
New Mexico News Port •

The buzz to help save honey bees

Commercial and backyard honey beekeepers across the state of New Mexico are anticipating the arrival of spring to reveal how their honey bee colonies held up over the winter.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Honey Bee Colonies Survey released in August 2018, New Mexico lost an average of some 1,900 colonies from January to June 2018.

Ken Hays has been in the bee business full-time since 1988. The retired air traffic controller was also pr...
New Mexico News Port •

Critics warn border wall threatens wildlife

Environmentalists in New Mexico are warning that the miles of new barriers on the US-Mexico border will have serious harmful effects on borderland habitat and wildlife.

“There’s a lot of disruption along a fairly large strip of area where they’re doing the border construction. If they’re putting in big posts and things like that, those often serve as traps, that trap and kill animals along the border,” said Blair Wolf a professor of Biology at the Universit...