With the violence unleashed by drug cartels profoundly impacting Mexico, both foreign and local journalists are trying to figure out how to cover a war of a different kind.
During a panel discussion, "The War Next Door: Reporting Mexico, Drugs and the Border," held Oct. 7, 2010 at the University of Texas at Austin, John Burnett of NPR; Javier Garza, editor of El Siglo de Torreon; Cecilia Balli, a UT anthropologist; and Tracy Wilkinson, Mexico City bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, spoke about the difficulties of trying to cover a different kind of war.
The War Next Door from Texas Journalism on Vimeo.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
