NMiF begins election coverage with Senator Martin Heinrich; Local Voices on the Election: UNM Newsroom

This week, New Mexico in Focus begins 2024 election interviews with U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. Political correspondent Gwyneth Doland asks about the top concerns of most New Mexico voters: crime in our state, immigration reform and security at our southern border.

Gwyneth then asks Heinrich about his stance on abortion, his work to pass gun control reform measures, and his thoughts on artificial intelligence.

In collaboration with New Mexico in Depth, Indigenous affairs reporter Bella Davis speaks with several Native Americans about this year’s election and why some people are considering voting third party — or not voting at all.

NMiF airs Friday, October 18 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, October 20 at 7 p.m. on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) and streams on the PBS Video app.

NMiF segments

Senator Martin Heinrich on crime in New Mexico and border security
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Senator Martin Heinrich on abortion, gun control and AI
correspondent
Gwyneth Doland

Guest
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, DN.M.

Local votes for the election
correspondent
Bella Davis (Yurok)

producers
Ben Yazza (Dine)
Joey Dunn (Dine)
Noah Eichstädt

guests
Ahtza Dawn Chavez (Diné/Kewa), Executive Director, NM Native Vote
Nicole Pelt (Diné), UNM student
Ajijak (Anishinaabe/Ojibwa/Potawatomi), UNM student
Alicia Gallegos (Pueblos of Laguna & Acoma), UNM alumni
Andre Montoya-Barthelemy (Dakota/Anishinaabe/Pima), Faculty Member, UNM
Cody Yazzie (Navajo), UNM student

host
Lou DiVizio

“New Mexico in Focus” is New Mexico’s prime-time PBS newsmagazine program covering the events, issues and people that shape life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NMiF takes a multi-faceted look at social, political, economic, health, education and arts issues, examining them in depth and with a critical eye to give them a context that goes beyond the “news of the moment”.

NMPBS Executive Producer, Public Affairs, is Jeff Proctor. The senior public affairs producer for New Mexico in Focus is Lou DiVizio. The executive producer of “Our Land” is Laura Paskus. “New Mexico in Focus” is produced by Antonio Sanchez and co-produced by Kathy Wimmer.

Funding for “New Mexico in Focus” comes from the McCune Charitable Foundation and Viewers Like You.

Funding for the Your New Mexico Government project comes from the Thornburg Foundation and the New Mexico Local News Fund.

The Neeper Natural History Programming Fund for KNME-TV provides funding for “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present & Future.”