Academy for Alternative Journalism Alum is Killed
By AAN Staff
june 3, 2009 01:51 pm
Tess Martinez died Monday in a car accident in New Mexico. She was 25 years old. Martinez was one of 10 Academy for Alternative Journalism
fellows in 2008 and a former
Tucson Weekly intern. The
Weekly reports that she was on her way to the Chicago area to look for work when the accident happened. Her Twitter page lists her last message -- sent at 3:44 pm on Saturday -- as: "driving to Chicago tonight."