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As the issue of immigration once again commanded center stage of a national debate, the Philip Merrill College of Journalism focused on Mexico for its first international reporting course. Four graduate students traveled to Mexico for ten days to report in-depth magazine pieces. Their stories present a compelling view of why so many Mexicans risk their lives to illegally cross the border.
Americans view immigration as a threat; these four stories illuminate the reasons behind the swelling tide of migration that is transforming both the U.S. and Mexico. Time and again, reporters heard that if Mexicans could find a decent way to make a living they would gladly stay in their home country.
Continue reading ‘Mexico: The View from the Other Side’
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By Lucinda Fleeson
As a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, I often heard editor Gene Roberts talk about the failure of journalists to report one of the biggest transformations of American society in the 20th century — the migration of rural blacks to northern cities. We are now experiencing another migration with probably even more profound […]
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Students in the Spring 2007 - International Reporting class from left are Lisa Troshinsky, Kenneth Fletcher, Andy Zieminski and Leticia Linn.
Kenny Fletcher, 24, is a graduate journalism student in public affairs reporting who expects to receive a Master’s degree in December 2007. He has worked as a freelance reporter for The Prince George’s Sentinel, and […]
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Many people helped get the new course in international reporting up and running. College of Journalism Dean Thomas Kunkel pushed to make it happen, and committed travel stipends to underwrite students’ costs. A grant from the Carnegie Foundation helped to support the course.
Professor Lydia Chavez of the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism […]
