{"id":41953,"date":"2023-06-30T13:32:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T20:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=41953"},"modified":"2023-06-30T13:40:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T20:40:28","slug":"journalist-ed-williams-on-reporting-systemic-failures-at-cyfd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/journalist-ed-williams-on-reporting-systemic-failures-at-cyfd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Ed Williams on Reporting Systemic Failures at CYFD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/nmif\/embed\/episodes\/Journalist-Ed-Williams-on-Reporting-Systemic-Failures-at-CYFD-e26686g\/a-aa2496k\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Journalist Ed Williams has had his shovel out this past year, digging deep into our state\u2019s troubled foster care system for nonprofit news outlets Searchlight New Mexico and ProPublica. Ed\u2019s last handful of stories have revealed devastating abuses and entrenched systemic failures \u2014 with some of New Mexico\u2019s most vulnerable kids bearing the brunt. The series has led to the beginnings of reform at the state Children, Youth and Families Department \u2014 and he\u2019s far from finished reporting. This week, Senior Producer Laura Paskus asks Ed why this system is so broken, what it might take to turn things around and how he\u2019s managed to keep digging amid so much trauma.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <br><br>Correspondent: Laura Paskus<br><br>Guest: Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico\u00a0<br><br>For More Information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/nmif\/episodes\/Journalist-Ed-Williams-on-Reporting-Systemic-Failures-at-CYFD-e26686g\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/searchlightnm.org\/trapped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trapped: Foster children are caught in a cycle of abuse<\/a> \u2013 Searchlight New Mexico\u00a0<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/searchlightnm.org\/author\/edwilliams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ed Williams<\/a> &#8211; Searchlight New Mexico<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist Ed Williams has had his shovel out this past year, digging deep into our state\u2019s troubled foster care system for nonprofit news outlets Searchlight New Mexico and ProPublica. 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