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Interview with Amalia Rivera
Journalist and activist Amalia Rivera discusses her work in the paper "La Jornada" and as an activist with her syndicate, Sitrajor. Rivera talks of the need to protect and defend journalists, human rights, and freedom of speech, addressing her…
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 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 Jason Buch
Immigration reporter Jason Buch tells of his experiences covering stories around the Texas border cites, discussing issues of violence and insecurity, especially the “zone of silence” in Coahuila and Tamaulipas. Buch addresses money laundering for…
Interview with Idelfonso Ortiz
Reporter Ildefonso Ortiz compares and contrasts reporting in south Texas and in northern Mexico and describes the danger of investigative reporting in Tamaulipas. Ortiz discusses how careful he has to be while reporting on drug trafficking and…
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 Lucia Lagunes Huerta
Lucia Lagunes Huerta discusses her organization CIMAC (Center for Communication and Information about Women) and its challenges in Mexico. As a defender of freedom of expression, Huerta comments in depth about how this right is at risk and not enough…
Interview with Jose Omar Rabago
Jose Omar Rabago, executive director of Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social (CENCOS), discusses his organization's mission to defend freedom of expression in Mexico. Rabago also discusses the progress and challenges facing new laws, talks about…
Interview with Balbina Flores
Balbina Flores discusses her work as a representative of Reporters Without Borders and their challenges in defending freedom of expression in Mexico. Flores also discusses the issue of impunity in Mexico and how the government has not done enough to…
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 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 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 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 Frank La Rue
Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression and current member of the Association of Guatemalan Journalists, discusses his professional background, appointment to his current…
Interview with Carlos Spector
Lawyer, Carlos Spector discusses his work representing families in Mexico who are seeking political asylum. Spector addresses the violence in Juarez and the type of threats used by the cartels. Spector also discusses how more journalists are seeking…
Interview with Christian Von Preysing-Barry
Christian Von Preysing-Barry discusses his work as a reporter and multimedia journalist for Laredo local news channel KGNS-TV. Von Preysing-Barry discusses the difficulty and danger of reporting in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Laredo. Because of these…
Interview with Alfredo Corchado
Foreign correspondent for the Dallas Morning News, Alfredo Corchado discusses his experiences as a journalist in Mexico. Corchado also talks about the challenges of journalism in Mexico, the problems of censorship and freedom of speech. Corchado…
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 Samuel Kenny
Samuel Kenny discusses his work as Communications Director of the Mexican Commission of Human Rights. Kenny describes how defending human rights in certain areas of Mexico has become difficult. The issue of freedom of expression and whether it is a…
Interview with Carlos Lauría
Journalist and senior coordinator of the Americas Program in the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Carlos Lauria describes CPJ’s efforts in Mexico to protect journalists who are being threatened and silenced. Lauria asserts that both the media…