In the last decade, news reporting on the U.S.-Mexico border has been decimated by the closing and downsizing of U.S. media organizations, censorship of Mexican media and the explosion of drug violence on the Mexican side of the border. In response, reporters and citizen journalists on both sides of the border have turned to social media, especially Twitter, to seek out information about events in Mexico and report on them. Many have been killed or threatened for using social media.
Learn how journalists and citizen journalists along the border use social media and other tools to report about violence in Mexico and to find missing persons. The panel will be comprised of seasoned reporters and an expert on Mexico and border issues who will talk about the difficulties and successes of covering the region during a challenging time in history.
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