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Interview with Manuel De la Rosa

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Title

Interview with Manuel De la Rosa

Description

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 sources since they lie to protect their lives. Concerned that what goes on in the border is not being reported accurately, he laments that a lot of information is coming from researchers instead of journalists that are on the ground. Recounting some of the gruesome scenes he has reported on, de la Rosa talks about the lack of support and emotional drain that are typical in his profession.

Manuel de la Rosa, reportero con la revista High School Sports, habla sobre su carrera como reportero fronterizo y del cambio en el área atravez de los años. Describiendo el tipo de crímenes que se llevan a cabo en el área y lo dificil que es confiar en la veracidad de sus fuentes, las cuales mienten para protejer sus vidas. Preocupado de que las noticias fronterizas no se están reportando con precisión, él lamenta que la información viene de investigadores académicos en vez de periodistas trabajando en el centro de los eventos. Haciendo un recuento de las escenas grotescas que ha presenciado como reportero, de la Rosa habla de la falta de apoyo y el desgaste emocional típicos de su profesión.

Creator

De la Rosa, Manuel

Relly, Jeannine

Source

Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante and Jeannine E. Relly Oral History Collection (MS 533)

Date

2014-06-28

Relation

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Transcribed Interview With Manuel de la Rosa

Format

mp3

Language

English

Type

Sound

Coverage

Brownsville, Texas

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Original Format

mp3

Duration

0:37:04

Citation

De la Rosa, Manuel and Relly, Jeannine, “Interview with Manuel De la Rosa,” Special Collections Online Exhibits, accessed April 24, 2024, https://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/online-exhibits/items/show/193.