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Gene Looks Back at His Time at New Mexico in Focus

By Myah Wilmarth | August 11, 2023

8.11.23 – Gene Grant and the roundtable of guests look back at his last 18 years with New Mexico in Focus and discuss some of…

Gene Interviews NewsHour Legend Jim Lehrer (May 2010)

By Myah Wilmarth | August 11, 2023

8.11.23 – In 2010, Gene Grant got the opportunity to speak with another NewsHour legend, Jim Lehrer. At the time, Lehrer was the managing editor…

Gene Speaks with Gwen Ifill (November 2010)

By Myah Wilmarth | August 11, 2023

8.11.23 – PBS NewsHour has had a major impact on our station and Gene Grant’s coverage over the years. In 2010, then-PBS NewsHour correspondent Gwen…

Gene Finds His Roots (October 2014)

By Myah Wilmarth | August 11, 2023

8.11.23 – In 2014, PBS was airing the hit series “Finding Your Roots,” where host Henry Louis Gates and a team of genealogists gathered information…

How Journalism Has Changed in the Last Two Decades

By Myah Wilmarth | August 11, 2023

8.11.23 – To make Gene Grant’s final show extra special, we assembled a group of people who’ve been around the show, and Gene, for years.…

Gene’s First Appearance on NMPBS (May 2005)

By Myah Wilmarth | August 11, 2023

8.11.23 – Gene Grant’s first appearance on NMPBS, back when the show was called “In Focus,” came in 2005 as a guest. During that interview,…

Gene’s Early Years on NMPBS

By Myah Wilmarth | August 11, 2023

8.11.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, we say goodbye to a mainstay at NMPBS, Gene Grant. Gene’s thoughtful and balanced approach to…

Is a Settlement on the Rio Grande Coming Soon?

By Myah Wilmarth | August 3, 2023

8.4.23 – After the relatively wet years of the 1980s and ‘90s, New Mexico’s reservoirs started dropping in the 2000s. In cooperation with the U.S.…

UNM Hospital Begins Medical Services at Bernalillo County’s Metropolitan Detention Center

By Myah Wilmarth | August 3, 2023

8.4.23 – UNM Hospital is one week into a new partnership with the Metropolitan Detention Center. Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with retired attorney…

Inside Perspective: Actors & Writers Strike

By Myah Wilmarth | July 27, 2023

7.28.23 – Kirk Ellis has decades of experience in the film industry, working as a writer and producer and now, running his own production company.…

New Mexico Downwinders Push for National Recognition Correspondent

By Myah Wilmarth | July 27, 2023

7.28.23 – Tina Cordova is the founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium and has been working for years to earn recognition and compensation from…

New Mexico Journalists Detail Long-Lasting Dangers of Cluster Bombs

By Myah Wilmarth | July 21, 2023

7.21.23 – In July, the Biden administration publicly announced its decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine. In conversation with Our Land’s Laura Paskus, filmmakers…