The Sun Never Sets

Smithsonian Magazine once asked the rhetorical question Can a weekly paper in rural New Mexico raise enough hell to keep its readers hungry for more week after week The Rio Grande Sun published in Espanola New Mexico is considered one of the best weekly newspapers in the country The Sun is known for its investigative reporting It broke the story that its own rural community had the highest per capita heroin overdose rate in the country It has led the fight for open records and open meetings in a county where political shenanigans are the rule The film follows the Suns reporters and editors as they write about the news the sports the art and culture of a large rural county John Burnett an NPR correspondent reports on the Suns Police Blotterthe best in the country Tony Hillerman the celebrated author and newspaper editor speaks eloquently about the value of community newspapers The Sun Never Sets is narrated by Bob Edwards Peabody Award winning news anchor