Remembering Ollie Reed Jr: New Mexico loses cowboy storyteller
Ollie Reed Jr. is shown on a work assignment from February in Socorro. Reed, a longtime journalist and gifted storyteller for both the Journal and before that The Albuquerque Tribune, was found dead in his Corrales home Tuesday at age 76.
Ollie Reed Jr., left, is seen working on a story about Our Lady of Guadalupe, a mission church in El Macho, nine miles north of Pecos in this December 2023 photo.
Ollie Reed Jr., is shown covering the two-year anniversary of the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire on May 1. Reed, a longtime journalist with the Journal and prior to that The Albuquerque Tribune, was found dead Nov. 19 in his Corrales home at age 76.
Ollie Reed Jr., left, interviews Nancy Hendricks, superintendent of Petroglyph National Monument, on April 24. Reed, a longtime journalist with the Journal and prior to that The Albuquerque Tribune, was found dead Tuesday in his Corrales home at age 76.
The desk of the late Ollie Reed Jr. in the Albuquerque Journal newsroom is seen Tuesday.
Ollie Reed working on a story about Puye Cliff Dwellings 2/27/23.
