State announces ABQ Rail Yards as New Mexico Media Academy home

Film roots are being placed in Downtown Albuquerque at the Rail Yards. On Wednesday, the state announced the headquarters for the New Mexico Media Academy, which will be a collaborative workforce development initiation that will give New Mexicans the skills needed to work in the film and TV industry and launch them into a paying job. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham proposed the idea for the media academy in early 2022 and was able to secure $40 million in funding for the program during last year’s legislative session. The one-time appropriation...