Episode

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant discusses the recent $485 million jury award on behalf of an 8-year-old girl. The lawsuit, first filed in 2019, alleges a non-profit company called Familyworks, licensed by the state Children, Youth and Families Department, placed the girl in the care of Clarence Garcia, who allegedly raped her repeatedly. The lawsuit also alleges Familyworks knew…

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we finish our deep dive into the state’s evolving journalism ecosystem. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor opens the show with the second piece of a conversation you’ll only see on NMPBS — a one-on-one interview with the new executive editor at the Albuquerque Journal, Patrick Ethridge. Jeff asks about the many challenges facing the…