{"id":20432,"date":"2021-08-23T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=20432"},"modified":"2021-08-23T08:20:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:20:00","slug":"local-meteorologists-tackle-climate-change-gun-violence-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/local-meteorologists-tackle-climate-change-gun-violence-and-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Meteorologists Tackle Climate Change &#038; Gun Violence and Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/nmif\/embed\/episodes\/Local-Meteorologists-Tackle-Climate-Change--Gun-Violence-and-Children--8-23-21-e167e3o\/a-a6cu8ui\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadcast meteorologist Jorge Torres knows the weather of the American Southwest. He\u2019s worked at television stations in El Paso and Albuquerque, and he\u2019s now at ABC-15 in Phoenix, Arizona. He also understands the climate, and the importance of covering climate change and its impacts for local audiences. Unlike many stations nationwide, at ABC-15 Torres talks about climate change in his forecasts and also works with the station\u2019s news reporters on stories about human-caused climate change. Torres, who previously worked at KOB-4 in Albuquerque, talks about the importance of the climate story and offers advice for other broadcast meteorologists who want to localize this global story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gun violence was on the minds of New Mexicans in 2016. Sadly, it has remained in the news since then, especially in light of recent shootings in Albuquerque. In the spring of 2016, former NMiF producer Sarah Gustavus sat down with Dr. Scott Carroll, a child psychiatrist and former director of child psychiatric consultation services at UNM Hospital. 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