Covering Mexico, Drugs and All
Journalists Explore the Challenges of Reconciling Divergent Narratives
The number of reporters and photographers murdered in Mexico rose in 2010 for the third straight year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, which said that Mexican authorities “appear powerless in bringing killers to justice.” But five reporters with extensive experience covering Mexico agreed that their job is too important to be scared away by such threats, they told a sold-out crowd at a panel discussion held at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art and co-sponsored by Zócalo Public Square and the Azteca Foundation. “We call it the war …
