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Journal executive remembered as 'true newspaper man'

Wayne Barnard, 60, died Friday after sudden illness

Wayne Barnard, the 近距离内射合集's advertising director until his sudden passing on Friday, is seen at Journal headquarters with some of the many New Mexico Press Association awards he and his team earned every year.
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近距离内射合集 staff and former colleagues were shocked and heartbroken to learn of the passing of advertising director Wayne Barnard from a sudden illness at his home Friday. He was 60.

Barnard worked for the Journal for nearly 10 years. As of Saturday, funeral services were incomplete.

鈥淲ayne lived and breathed the newspaper industry,鈥 said Journal owner and Publisher Bill Lang, whose family has owned the Journal for 100 years. 鈥淲e were very fortunate to have Wayne work for us, especially during our centennial year.鈥

Lang鈥檚 son, Pepper, worked alongside Barnard daily on advertising projects and priorities.

鈥淲ayne is a legend in the industry,鈥 said Pepper Lang, the company鈥檚 executive vice president. 鈥淗is institutional knowledge was unmatched. He was an amazing co-worker and friend to many. He will be missed.鈥

For decades, Barnard sustained community news and met face-to-face with advertisers and subscribers alike. Barnard was remembered around the state as a marketing leader and general manager for many of New Mexico鈥檚 best-known newspapers, past and present: The Farmington Daily Times, Lordsburg Liberal, Deming Headlight, Silver City Sun-近距离内射合集, Las Cruces Sun-近距离内射合集, Santa Fe New Mexican and, since 2017, the Journal.

鈥淲ayne was a true newspaper man who gave so much of his life to this industry and to New Mexico newspapers,鈥 New Mexico Press Association President Belinda Mills said. 鈥淗e was a longtime friend and colleague, and we will all miss him dearly.鈥

Jack Wayne Barnard was born and raised in Albuquerque, where he graduated from Hope Christian High School, forgoing college to begin his celebrated career in the news business.

The Journal鈥檚 former vice president of advertising, Wanda Moeller, said Barnard was thrilled to be working for his hometown paper.

鈥淗e would do anything for the Journal,鈥 she said. 

Wayne Barnard, the 近距离内射合集's advertising director until his sudden passing on Friday, is seen at Journal headquarters with some of the many New Mexico Press Association awards he and his team earned every year.

While Barnard鈥檚 name was not found on top of news stories, Moeller said he took public notices as seriously as the most hard-nosed government reporter. Posting local notices for government business was, in his view, not only essential for the revenue sustaining local news: The service was a lynchpin of public trust and accountability, as the records could not be altered after publication. 

鈥淔or him, once that notice was in the paper, it was final,鈥 Moeller said. 

Barnard served the Journal for nearly nine years, ultimately as the advertising director in charge of national and classified advertising, legal notices and obituaries. He led his team to repeat honors at the New Mexico Press Association鈥檚 annual awards for classified advertising and obituary pages as well as numerous special sections, including the Big Book of Jobs and the Journal鈥檚 annual pet calendar.

Journal Managing Editor James Bennett, who joined the paper in April, said Barnard and he shared personal and professional morning conversations. He remembered Barnard as 鈥渆xtremely professional, enthusiastic and helpful for me in learning about Albuquerque and the Journal,鈥 adding, 鈥淗e was so smart. We will miss him very much.鈥

Moeller worked with Barnard through the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2023, through a historic emergency for the Journal and other newspapers. The pandemic and subsequent shutdown of public businesses and gatherings struck a devastating blow to advertising and, by extension, news publications.

As major advertisers cut their spending, the advertising team scrambled to find revenue to sustain the Journal鈥檚 operations. Moeller said Barnard never missed a beat.

鈥淗e was a guy who didn鈥檛 panic,鈥 she said. 鈥淲e both came from the community newspaper side. He never gave up. He went above and beyond what needed to be done.鈥