Las Cruces shooting context, new Lobo hoops coach on NMiF

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Albuquerque Journal reporter Algernon D'Ammassa updates us on the investigation into last month's mass shooting in Las Cruces that killed three teenagers and wounded more than a dozen other people. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor asks D'Ammassa how the people of Las Cruces and its leaders are doing following the most public, jarring act of violence seen in the city in 35 years.

We are only three months into President Donald Trump's second term, and are already seeing several policies described in Project 2025 come to fruition. It's a nearly 1,000-page document produced by the conservative Heritage Foundation and, despite Trump saying he'd never read it, many of its authors now work in his administration. As reporters scramble now to cover the many changes Trump has made from that instruction manual, New Mexico in Focus revisits its conversation last year about Project 2025 with two politics experts, hosted by Executive Producer Jeff Proctor.

Lobo men's basketball has welcomed a new head coach. Eric Olen, who spent the last two decades running the show at UC San Diego, accepted the position to be the University of New Mexico's 23rd men's basketball coach earlier this week. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with Albuquerque Journal sportswriter Geoff Grammer about Olen's approach to basketball, as well as the legacy of outgoing Coach Richard Pitino.

Journalist Nash Jones is coming to NMPBS after several years at KUNM, where they hosted "All Things Considered," "Morning Edition," "Let's Talk New Mexico," and produced countless pieces for listeners from both the studio and the field. Jones is a proud member of the transgender community who uses they/them pronouns, an Albuquerque native and a multi-award-winning journalist, at the state, regional, and national level. Their first day at New Mexico in Focus will come in the next couple of weeks.

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

NMiF Segments
Las Cruces Mourns After Mass Shooting
Correspondent
Jeff Proctor

Guest
Algernon D'Ammassa

How This Trump Administration Mirrors Project 2025
Correspondent
Jeff Proctor

Guests
Martha Burk, author, host of the podcast "Equal Time with Martha Burk"
Dede Feldman, Democratic former state senator

Lobo Men's Hoops Welcome New Head Coach
Correspondent
Lou DiVizio

Guest
Geoff Grammer

Reporter Nash Jones Joins New Mexico in Focus
Correspondent
Lou DiVizio

Host
Lou DiVizio

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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