Mexico''s Resilient Journalists - How Reporters Manage Risk and Cope With Violence

Julieta Brambila provides a ground-level view of how Mexican journalists have navigated a perilous environment, offering insight into how they protect themselves while reporting on the most critical and sensitive subjects.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: “Outrage Brought Us Together”
Part I. What’s Going on Here?
1. Why Has It Become So Easy to Kill Journalists?
2. The Wave of Violence Against the Press
3. Violent Censors
Part II. How Do Journalists Persevere?
4. Strategies for Autonomous Safety
5. Strategies of Resistance
Conclusion
Appendix I. Glossary of Translated Terms
Appendix II. Study Design
Appendix III. List of Interviews
Appendix IV. Time Line
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Julieta Brambila is a media scholar and public servant who holds a PhD in communication from the University of Leeds. She currently serves as head of communication and public affairs at Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography and was previously head of communication at the Mexican Ministry of Finance.

Summary

Julieta Brambila provides a ground-level view of how Mexican journalists have navigated a perilous environment, offering insight into how they protect themselves while reporting on the most critical and sensitive subjects.

Product details

• Authors: Julieta Brambila
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.07.2024
• EAN: 9780231201315
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20131-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Reuters Institute Global Journalism Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Mexico, Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, Press & journalism, History of the Americas, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism, language arts & disciplines; history