Description
Book SynopsisA rigorously researched study shows how Mexican organized crime enjoys the protection of government officials, and some media companies, while individual journalists and their allies try to safeguard themselves and those willing to expose corruption and c
Trade ReviewA book filled with stories of horror—and of hope. * Texas Observer *
A meticulously researched study…[
Surviving Mexico] is made lively and moving by the many interviews with Mexican journalists and media owners who themselves tell the stories of the dangers and at times, the horrors, that working reporters routinely face in many parts of Mexico. * ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America *
Urgently indispensable...Based on more than 160 interviews with journalists, activists, and academics across several regions of the country, González de Bustamante and Relly present a highly readable account of the myriad dangers faced by journalists in Mexico, the impact of trauma and violence on their lives, and how individuals and collectives have organized to meet the challenges of working in such a dangerous place. * Nieman Lab *
Surviving Mexico is a much-needed book that offers a wide scope for understanding the endemic violence against Mexican journalists. It will be useful for scholars and journalists interested in understanding the harsh conditions that news workers have to constantly face when doing their jobs. The book’s central arguments and discussions are consistent with broader debates on media in the Global South, where emergent democracies struggle with post-authoritarianisms and populisms. * Journal of Latin American Studies *
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Mexico’s Peripheries as a Case Study for Violence against Journalists around the World
- Part I. The Past, Place, and Politics of Violence against Journalists
- 1. How Journalists Became Their Own Activists: A Historical Perspective
- 2. Place Matters: The Promise and Limits of the Periphery
- 3. Moving Targets and Perpetrators: Mercurial Violence, Ownership, and Changing Journalism Practices
- Part II. Murdering the Messengers and Controlling the Message
- 4. Red Light, Green Light: Strategies of Resistance among Journalists in the Peripheries
- 5. The Personal and Familial Toll: Violence, Trauma, and Resilience
- 6. Social Media, Digital Insecurity, and Journalists’ Safety
- Part III. Structured and Unstructured Attempts to Save Journalism and Journalists
- 7. Attempts to Intervene
- 8. State Actors, Violence, and Resilience among Organized Crime Groups
- 9. Women on the Frontline: Resistance and Resilience in Ciudad Juárez
- Conclusion: Toward a More Secure Journalism Future
- Appendix: Journalists Killed in Mexico 2000–2020, by Presidential Administration
- Notes
- References
- Index
