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Interview with Luis Antonio Cardona Galindo
Journalist Luis Cardona Galindo tells the story of his kidnapping in Juarez as well as enlisting his efforts as one of the founders of Diario 19, a small organization dedicated to the protection of Journalists. Cardona describes how he was kidnapped…
Interview with Luis Pedro Arellano Sarmiento
Luis Pedro Arellano Sarmiento works as both a reporter and university professor. Arellano discusses the experience of working at the Semanario Zeta the same year that its editor was assassinated. He notes how, aside from the danger to reporters, not…
Interview with Manuel De la Rosa
Manuel de la Rosa, reporter for the High School Sports Magazine, talks about his career along the border and how the situation has changed over the years. Describing the kind of crimes taking place in the area and how it is hard to trust their…
Interview with Marcela Turati
Journalist and human rights activist, Marcela Turati, describes the structural, security, political, economic, and cultural issues that journalists and the industry face in Mexico such as corruption and a lack of proper education. According to…
Interview with Maria Idalia Gomez
Journalist, Maria Idalia Gomez, describes the institutional weakness in certain parts of Mexico, particularly in small border towns that have high rates of poverty. Gomez also discusses corruption, how acts of violence continue to go unpunished, and…
Interview with Miguel Timochenco
Journalist Miguel Timochenco discusses his work and experiences covering politics, crime and corruption in Mexico. In the 1980s, as consequence of his coverage of the presidential elections and the government’s efforts to censor the media,…
Interview with Monica Ortiz Uribe
Reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe describes the violence in Juarez and how it has affected everyday life. Ortiz also discusses the fear of many who lived in Juarez and El Paso and how it has affected her work in trying to report the violence in the area.…
Interview with Ninfa Deandar Martinez
Ninfa Deandar Martinez, Director General of El Mañana newspaper in Nuevo Laredo, talks about her father, founder over 90 years ago of El Mañana, and about her upbringing and that of her children. Touching on the murder of her editor, Roberto Mora…
Interview with Omar Antonio Martinez
Omar Antonio Martinez, photojournalist, talks about the risks of capturing images of violence in Mexico and shares many of his personal experiences in the field and how these have affected him.
Interview with Omar Raul Martinez Sanchez
Omar Raul Martinez Sanchez discusses his foundation, Manuel Buendía, named after an investigative journalist who was assassinated in 1984, describing his aspirations in the field and how the investigative journalism has changed in the past three…
Interview with Pablo Hernandez Batista
Journalist and professor Pablo Hernandez Batista explains how the violence in Juarez has escalated in the past five years. Hernandez describes the violence towards journalists and the news industry, the current market for journalists in Mexico, and…
Interview with Patricia Lorena Figeroa-Stooner
Lorena Figueroa, journalist with El Paso Times, talks about the violence on both sides of the border, and of the security measures taken, even while living north of the border, since distance alone does not guarantee safety. Figueroa discusses the…
Interview with Patricia MacCorquodale (Sociology) on Women's Studies at the University of Arizona
Patricia MacCorquodale discusses receiving a grant at the University of Arizona and a dinner that follows. The Vice President of Research commented that at the end of the grant, there would not be a need for Women's Studies. Yet, Myra Dinnerstein…
Interview with Patricia MacCorquodale on grandmother's voting
Video clip of Patricia MacCorquodale recounting the story of her grandmother's voting practices. Her first voting experience was in Montana, where her husband gave her a small slip of paper stating whom she should vote for -- and she did the same…
Interview with Perla Trevizo
Perla Trevizo, border reporter for the Arizona Daily Star, talks about the greatest challenges and limitations for journalists covering the area, including security measures, changes in reporting methods, and about the effect that social media has…
Interview with Ramon Blanco Villalon
Photo editor for the Semanario Zeta, Ramon Blanco Villalon is the last founding member still employed at the newspaper that was first managed by his father. After 34 years in the Semanario, Blanco notes how his job has evolved, from the influence…
Interview with Ramon Dario Cantu Deandar
Ramon Dario Deandar discusses his work as editor in chief of a newspaper in Nuevo Laredo. Deandar also describes the danger of reporting on organized crime and corruption and argues how female journalists tend to be more responsible in a profession…
Interview with Reyna Luna
An independent journalist, Reyna Luna talks about violence in the border, how it affects members of her profession, and how she and others cope with the memories of all they have witnessed. Freedom of Press World Secretary in the organization COLAPER…
Interview with Ricardo Chavez Aldaza
Ricardo Chavez Aldaza converses about his experiences as a radio host seeking political asylum in the United States. A staunch critic of the Mexican government and crime organizations, Chavez highlights the ways in which freedom of speech is under…
Interview with Ricardo Trotti
Journalist and artist, Ricardo Trotti discusses the challenges in stopping the violence against journalists and enforcing the freedom of expression and press. As director of the Press Freedom of the Inter American Press Association, Trotti discusses…