This week, New Mexico in Focus sits down with Leon Howard, the new executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico to discuss his priorities as he takes the helm of the local chapter of the national civil rights organization. Plus, Howard weighs in on a few specific cases they’re working on.
On Saturday, June 14, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Albuquerque's North Valley to voice their anger and distrust of President Trump and his policies. Multimedia journalist Cailley Chella stopped by the local "No Kings" protest to see what the national demonstration against President Trump's agenda looked like.
Earlier this month, a group of students from the Albuquerque School of Excellence participated in the national documentary competition hosted by National History Day. Those four students went through a rigorous research and production process to tell the story of Unit 731, a classified human experimentation project in Japan during World War II. Two members of that student documentary team sat down with host Nash Jones to tell about what they learned and what it took to bring their short film to the national stage.
Multimedia journalist Cailley Chella is the newest reporter to join New Mexico in Focus. Nash interviews Cailley to learn more about her work to date in her career and what she'll bring to NMiF viewers.
NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, June 20, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 22 at 7 a.m. and streaming on the PBS video app.
Host
Nash Jones
Segments
Leon Howard Named New Head of ACLU of NM
and New Head of ACLU of NM on Civil Liberties in 2025
Host
Nash Jones
Guest
Leon Howard, executive director, ACLU of New Mexico
“No Kings” Protest Draws Thousands in ABQ
Correspondent
Cailley Chella
Student Documentary on Unit 731 Gets National Recognition
Host
Nash Jones
Guests
Nicole Briceno Gabauer, Albuquerque School of Excellence
Masara Algburi, Albuquerque School of Excellence
Journalist Cailley Chella Joins New Mexico in Focus
Host
Nash Jones
Guest
Cailley Chella
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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