Experts: With Border Reporting Comes Danger and Stories That Need to Be Told Rachel Andrews - Downtown Devil
go to original April 16, 2015

From left, Dallas Morning News Mexico bureau chief Alfredo Corchado, Borderlands Initiative professor Rick Rodriguez and Gannett Company Inc. border bureau chief Angela Kocherga speak about the dangers and importance of reporting in Mexico. (Sierra LaDuke/DD)

Although reporting on issues in Mexico can be dangerous, it is still very necessary, according to speakers at the ninth annual Paul J. Schatt Memorial Lecture.

Alfredo Corchado, Mexico bureau chief at the Dallas Morning News, and Angela Kocherga, border bureau chief at Gannett Company Inc., shared stories of danger and development regarding current situations in Mexico at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Tuesday night.

“Ninety-six percent of murders in Mexico are never solved,” said Rick Rodriguez, Southwest Borderlands Initiative professor and discussion moderator.

There are 70-75 criminal organizations throughout the country, and every 24 hours a journalist gets attacked, Corchado said. Natives are at risk as well. Since 2006, 100,000 people have been killed or have disappeared in Mexico, he said.

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