New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)

NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS is New Mexico PBS' prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people that are shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest.NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic, health, education and arts issues and explores them in-depth, with a critical eye to give them context beyond the "news of the moment."

New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS) is a news podcast hosted by New Mexico PBS, with 481 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

New Mexico PBS hosts New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS), a news show with 481 episodes published.

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  Small Market News Outlets: Different Strategies & Strong Results

  Jul 8, 202627 min

  Publisher Lindsey Wood is in the business of neighborhood news. She owns and operates the Nob Hill News, the North Valley News and the International District News. Wood tells Host Nosh Jones why her hyperlocal news model could be replicated nationwide. Southern New Mexico reporter Damien Willis is a one-man news organization. As the founder, editor and lone staff writer at the Organ Mountain News, Willis talks to Nash about the Doña Ana County news site, and the work he's done to both listen to and inform his readers. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guests: Lindsay Wood, Publisher, Nob Hill News Damien Willis, Founder and Editor, Organ Mountain News

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  The 2026 State of the Local Media

  Jul 7, 202632 min

  This week, we celebrate Independence Day with our annual "State of Local Media" special. But before we do so, we provide an update on a bombshell news story that broke late last month, detailing whistleblower allegations that the federal Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills into Albuquerque in pursuit of bigger cases. This week, top city, county and state officials, including Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, called for accountability. We begin our media special with a two-part conversation with Bill Church about the two publications he oversees: the Santa Fe New Mexican and Searchlight New Mexico. First, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor asks Church how the New Mexican is expanding, at a time when newspapers are supposed to be dying. Then, Church is joined at the table with Searchlight editor Ed Williams as the two talk to Jeff about the future of the newly acquired investigative news site. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio Executive Producer: Jeff Proctor Guests: Bill Church, Executive Editor, Santa Fe New Mexican Ed Williams, Investigations Editor, Searchlight New Mexico

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  New Leadership at UNM Athletics Department

  May 1, 202616 min

  In March, UNM named Ryan Berryman to be its next athletics director. Berryman has been connected to Lobo sports since he was a teenager and, at 32, is one of the youngest ADs in Division I sports. The Albuquerque Journal's Geoff Grammer joins Senior Producer Lou DiVizio to discuss the new department head and consider what Berryman's tenure could mean for the Lobos on the football field, the basketball court — and beyond. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio Guest: Geoff Grammer, Sportswriter, Albuquerque Journal

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  Presidential Powers and Potential War Crimes in Iran

  Apr 27, 202625 min

  Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with constitutional and international law expert Joshua Kastenberg to delve into the war in Iran — how it began and how it’s going. Proctor asks the law professor and former Judge Advocate General how war crimes are defined — and by whom — and to consider whether he has seen any evidence of Trump or the U.S. military committing them in Iran. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio Executive Producer: Jeff Proctor Guest: Joshua Kastenberg, Professor, UNM School of Law

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  Albuquerque Public Safety Director Raul Bujanda

  Apr 24, 202625 min

  Mayor Tim Keller is reshaping public safety leadership in his administration. He has resurrected the role of public safety director, naming Raul Bujanda to the job. He speaks with NMiF Show Host Nash Jones about how his experience as an FBI agent will inform his work. Then, Bujanda breaks down why it's important for Albuquerque's police, fire and community safety departments to better coordinate their work. Podcast Host: Lou DiVizio NMiF Show Host: Nash Jones Guest: Raul Bujanda, Albuquerque Public Safety Director

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