NMiF speaks to two ABQ mayoral hopefuls and heads to the Fair

This week, New Mexico in Focus concludes its interviews with Albuquerque mayoral candidates when political newcomer Mayling Armijo and City Councilor Louie Sanchez drop by the studio to speak with Host Nash Jones.

Nash explores some of the big issues facing the city with the two hopefuls for the mayor's office: homelessness, housing, crime and economic opportunity.

NMIF focuses in on the State Fair, with Nash heading out to Expo New Mexico to interview patrons and vendors about Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's proposal to redevelop the site and, potentially, move the fair from its longtime home. And Nash gets an update on that plan from Marty Chavez, former mayor of Albuquerque and a special adviser to the governor on this project.

Indigenously Positive, NMIF's collaborative series with nonprofit newsroom New Mexico In Depth, returns with a look at "Pueblo Revolt," a comedy from Santa Fe-based playwright Dillon Christopher Chitto (Mississippi Choctaw, Laguna & Isleta Pueblo).

NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 21 at 7 a.m. and streaming on the PBS video app. Involved, informed, in-depth media: watch New Mexico in Focus again online shortly thereafter.

Host
Nash Jones

NMiF Segments

City Councilor Louie Sanchez Makes His Case for the Mayor's Office
Host
Nash Jones

Guest
Louie Sanchez, Albuquerque city councilor, mayoral candidate

Mayling Armijo on Why She's Ready to Be Mayor
Host
Nash Jones

Guest
Mayling Armijo, Albuquerque mayoral candidate

NMiF Heads to the State Fair
Correspondent
Nash Jones

Guests
Jorge Mera, Longtime State Fair vendor
Zina Crum (Diné), Longtime State Fair vendor
Tonia "TJ" Lopez, State Fair attendee
Will Ford, State Fair attendee
Rebecca Jones, State Fair attendee

Update on Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's Proposal to Move the Fair
Host
Nash Jones

Guest
Martin Chavez, former Albuquerque mayor, senior adviser to the governor

Indigenously Positive: What Do You Know About the Pueblo Revolt?
Producers
Bella Davis (Yurok)
Benjamin C Yazza (Diné)

Photojournalist
Joey Dunn (Diné)

Guests
Dillon Christopher Chitto (Mississippi Choctaw, Laguna & Isleta Pueblo), "Pueblo Revolt" playwright
Noe Field-Perkins (Native Hawaiian), actor
Bradley Lewis (Acoma Pueblo), actor

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. Host and producer of New Mexico in Focus is Nash Jones. Producer is Antonio Sanchez. Multimedia journalist is Cailley Chella.

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. Funding for Our Land: New Mexico's Environmental Past, Present & Future is provided in part by the Neeper Natural History Programming.