NMiF looks at ABQ Journal turmoil and baby bonds pilot project

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with a journalism professor and a criminal defense lawyer to consider what's next for the Albuquerque Journal, following the arrest and jailing of its executive editor after a misdemeanor shoplifting charge.

First, Proctor asks UNM journalism professor and reporter Gwyneth Doland what sort of ethical conundrum has been created for the Journal's publisher and owner. Later, Proctor asks attorney Kelly Golightley to highlight the people who are typically charged for shoplifting and consider what a 10-day sentence means for the average person.

State Treasurer Laura Montoya tells correspondent Russell Contreras why she supports a pilot "baby bonds" project, and how a similar statewide program could improve the financial literacy of future generations.

James Butler, a project manager for Pete's Place, discusses with Senior Producer Lou DiVizio how the homeless community in Santa Fe has benefited from his new "Showers to Go" program - and why Bernalillo County should adopt a similar model.

NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 6 at 7 a.m. and streaming on the PBS video app.

NMiF Segments

Turmoil at ABQ Journal After Top Editor Jailed
and
How Politicians and Journalists Discuss Retail Crime in NM
Correspondent
Jeff Proctor

Guests
Gwyneth Doland, University of New Mexico Professor and NMiF Correspondent
Kelly Golightley, Criminal Defense Lawyer

State Treasurer Advocates for Baby Bonds Project
Correspondent
Russell Contreras

Guest
Laura Montoya, New Mexico State Treasurer

'Showers to Go' Project Helps Unhoused People in Santa Fe
Correspondent
Lou DiVizio

Guest
James Butler, Project Manager, "Showers to Go" at Pete's Place

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

NMPBS Executive Producer, Public Affairs, is Jeff Proctor. New Mexico in Focus's senior producer for public affairs is Lou DiVizio. "Our Land" Senior Producer is Laura Paskus. The producer of New Mexico in Focus is Antonio Sanchez, and co-producer is Kathy Wimmer.

Funding for New Mexico in Focus is provided by the McCune Charitable Foundation and Viewers Like You.

Funding for the Your New Mexico Government Project comes from the Thornburg Foundation and New Mexico Local News Fund.

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