SANTA FE, N.M. – NBCUniversal has selected Jocelyn Jansons as the inaugural participant of its New Mexico Directors Initiative. As part of its commitment to New Mexico, the Directors Initiative provides mentoring and shadowing opportunities to up-and-coming film and television professionals. It also creates a pipeline of in-state talent for future productions. Jansons, a New Mexico resident, joined the set of MacGruber, a comedy series for Peacock by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in early July and has been shadowing directors throughout the month.