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Zusatztext "This most welcome book brings scholars and practitioners into a dialogue about the role of journalism and the structural! economic! ethical and logistical constraints journalists have when they treat of immigration. By discussing the way journalists' practices shape public debates on immigration in the US and the EU! the volume illustrates the complexity of the situations and the breadth of professional skills needed to write on this subject for a large public. It will attract a large public for its attractive stories! its capacity to visibilise the invisible sides of some narratives! and its accurate explanations of the backstage of the immigration-border theater."-Didier Bigo! King's College London"Reporting at the Southern Borders offers a fully fleshed appraisal at why mass immigration! illegal and otherwise! remains a remarkably similar flashpoint for public opinion and policy in both the United States and Europe. It's a must read for journalists trying to tackle immigration's thorny issues and for anyone else hoping to understand one of the most vexing issues of our age."-Dudley Althaus! Senior Correspondent of Global Post! 29-year veteran of U.S.-Mexico Border Coverage"This timely book is a must read for anyone who wants to get beyond sound bites to truly understand immigration. Its comparative research of immigration at the southern borders of the U.S. and Europe offers a much-needed reminder that immigration is a global phenomenon! not one limited to our southwestern border. And it offers unique insights into the challenges and pressures faced by journalists tasked with covering one of the most complex and controversial issues of our time. Like the journalists' work! this book is an important addition to this vexing public policy debate."-Rick Rodriguez! Arizona State University"Overall! this is a sound contribution to the field of journalism studies which underpins the need for other similar works! as this is by no means an open-and-close discussion. Meanwhile! this specific book is going on top of the key readings recommended for my students as any future journalists need to think deep and hard about this subject."-Jairo Lugo-Ocando! University of Sussex"Giovanaa Dell'Orto and Vicki L. Birchfield! with their edited volume! Reporting at the Southern Borders:Journalism and Public Debates on Immigration in the U.S. and the E.U.! have made an important contribution to a growing body of literature on the topic...a timely and thoughtful look what is sure to be a defining issue of the coming century." -Moses Shumow! Florida International University! Journalism Informationen zum Autor Giovanna Dell’Orto is an assistant professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota and a former immigration reporter with The Associated Press (AP) in the United States and Italy. She received her Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Minnesota. Her AP articles have appeared in all major U.S. newspapers, including The New York Times , and in the international press, including the International Herald Tribune . Her research and teaching interests focus on the role of the news media, mediated discourses and national identity in international affairs, especially in transatlantic relations, historically and currently. Vicki L. Birchfield is an associate professor in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology and director of the study abroad program on the European Union and transatlantic relations. She served as Director of the European Union Center of Excellence from 2008 to 2011, and currently co-directs the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies. Birchfield received a DES from the Graduate Institute of International Studies from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Georgia. Her research...
