Jeff Proctor

1 month ago | newmexicopbs.org | Jeff Proctor

I have written many thousands of words about police violence in Albuquerque, the city that has allowed me space to make a home for 23 years — nearly half my life. The bulk of those appeared in the Albuquerque Journal, where I covered the criminal legal system from 2004 through 2013. My focus narrowed around 2009, when an unignorable picture began to clarify: Police officers in this city shot a lot of people, killing most of them.

Jan 14, 2025 | kunm.org | Jeff Proctor

In the days leading up to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, U.S. attorneys appointed by the Biden Administration are waiting to learn if they will be forced to resign or quit. U.S. Attorney for New Mexico Alexander Uballez recently sat down with New Mexico in Focus executive producer Jeff Proctor to talk about his accomplishments during his time in office. ALEXANDER UBALLEZ: There's a lot that I'm proud of.

Jan 10, 2025 | newmexicopbs.org | Jeff Proctor

Alexander Uballez tossed his name in the hat to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico in 2020 after spending four years as a line prosecutor in federal court. It took a couple of years — the Senate confirmation process is an impenetrable bramble of bureaucratic bickering in this cursed political age — but he finally got the nod in May 2022.

Jun 20, 2024 | newmexicopbs.org | Jeff Proctor

If you’ve been following our show, you’ll know we haven’t had a permanent host for almost a year. Gene Grant left NMPBS last summer after a run in the chair that lasted more than a decade and a half. In the intervening months, Senior Producer Lou DiVizio, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus and I have shared the duties — putting us on your screens far more frequently than we ever bargained for — while we searched for a new host. I am delighted to report that the search is over.

Mar 20, 2024 | abq.news | Jeff Proctor

Sunshine Week, the annual paean to those who carry the torch for government transparency, concluded Saturday, and it's fair to say I've been feeling some fatigue on that front of late. That's because too many conversations with friends and colleagues in New Mexico's diminished journalism community have led to a darkening conclusion.